“Variation from UK, fatality rate is up to 70% higher”… 75 domestic flights infected

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a mask, visits a biotech company (QuantuMDx) in Newcastle on the 13th (local time) to pick up laboratory equipment. [로이터=연합뉴스]

A study found that the corona 19 mutant virus from the UK has a fatality rate of up to 70% higher than that of the existing virus. British health officials made this announcement on the 12th (local time) by revealing the results of a survey on the mortality and hospitalization rates of patients with the COVID-19 mutant virus.

As a result of analysis based on data from research institutes such as London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Exeter, and England’s Public Health Service by the UK’s new respiratory virus threat advisory group (NERVTAG), the lethality and hospitalization rates of the mutant virus range from about 30% to a maximum of 70%. Appeared to be high. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine surveyed about 1 million people who had been tested for Corona 19 from November last year to January this year, and as a result, about 3,400 people died of Corona 19, and the probability of dying within 28 days of confirming the mutant infected person It was estimated to be about 58% higher than that. In particular, NERVTAG reported that the difference in fatality rates was remarkable among those over 55 years old.

However, Moog Civic, a scientific adviser of the British government, said, “This result is limited,” and pointed out that “the fatality rate may have been higher because the mutation with strong transmission power spread intensively to places where vulnerable groups such as nursing homes are concentrated.”

Pfizer, Modena, and AstraZeneca have each revealed that the COVID-19 vaccines developed by their own companies show similar prevention effects to the existing virus even in mutations from the UK.

In Korea, six additional mutant viruses were confirmed. A total of 94 mutant virus infections have been identified since October. The British variant was 75, the South African variant was 13, and the Brazilian variant was 6.

According to the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters on the 14th, a total of 65 samples (34 domestic and 31 foreign inflows) were analyzed after the 13th, and as a result, mutant viruses were identified in 6 out of 25 foreign inflows. All six cases were from Korean specimens and correspond to mutations from the UK. Of these, five were confirmed during the quarantine stage, and the other one was confirmed by an examination conducted after entering Korea as an exemption from quarantine. As a result of investigating those who had contact with the confirmed case, no cases of mutant infection have been confirmed to date.

In the case of confirmed cases of mutant virus infection after entering Korea as an exemption from quarantine, it appears that they have come to work and contacted a coworker, raising concerns that it may lead to infection in the community. In the case of additional mutant infections among these, the transmission of the mutant virus to the community may become a reality. The quarantine authorities reinforced the regulations to require all quarantine exemptions to undergo examination at temporary living facilities immediately after entry and submit a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) confirmation within 5 to 7 days after entry, but the application time starts on the 15th. Criticism comes out that the hole was drilled.

Reporters Seok Kyung-min and Lee Woo-rim [email protected]