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| On December 22 last year, a Russian woman was getting a vaccine for Corona 19 at a medical facility in Rostov-on-Dou. © Reuters = News 1 |
It was belatedly known that the novel coronavirus mutation, first reported in the UK in September last year, was also discovered in Russia.
Anna Popova, head of Russia’s Rosfort Revnadzor (Russian Federation Consumer Rights Protection and Welfare Supervisory Service), told state-run Russia1 TV broadcast on the 10th (local time), “ The new coronavirus) mutation was confirmed at the end of last year (also in Russia),” he said. “This mutated virus was detected in one person entering the UK.
This novel coronavirus mutation, named’B.1.1.7 (VUI-202012/01)’, has been infected in at least 45 countries including Korea, the United States, and Japan, starting with the UK.
B.1.1.7 is known to be 70% stronger than the existing virus, and in particular, some countries have reported infections who have not been to the UK or who have not been in contact with visitors to the UK, raising the possibility that it was already prevalent in each country for several months. Has become.
In the midst of this, the Commissioner of Popova did not disclose specific details such as how and when the arrivals from Britain infected with B.1.1.7 entered their country on the broadcast. The Russian government has completely suspended international flights to and from the UK since December 22nd last year.
However, he explained that “there were no symptoms of Corona 19” about the B.1.1.7 infected person and that “there is no contagious state.”
“It is possible to check whether the virus has been infected with this mutant virus with the Corona 19 diagnostic test (PCR) kit used in Russia,” said Popova, who also broadcast on the same day. “With a vaccine registered in Russia (Sputnik V), it is 100% It guarantees that it can be prevented.”
Commissioner Popova explained that 7,000 people entered the country from the end of last November to December 22, when flights departing from the UK were suspended, of which 32 were positive in the corona19 diagnostic test conducted immediately after entry.
According to World O Meter, an international statistics website, in Russia as of the 10th, 3.41,954 people have been diagnosed with Corona 19, of which 6,1837 have died.