Unlike the existing mutation… It seems to come from America
“Whether the vaccine has been disabled, there is no supporting data”
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In the United States, two mutant viruses were discovered, different from the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) mutation that first appeared in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
According to CNBC, a US economic broadcaster on the 13th (local time), researchers at the Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University announced that they discovered two new mutant viruses that day. According to the researchers, one of them contains the same genetic mutation as the British mutant virus, but it is likely that it has been mutated from a virus species that existed in the United States rather than the United Kingdom. Other variations are said to have spread widely between the end of last month and three weeks in Columbus, the capital of Ohio.
Researchers called this mutation the’Columbus mutation’. Dan Jones, vice president of molecular pathology at Ohio State University, who led the study, said, “The’Columbus mutation’ has three different gene mutations at once that were not seen at once in the previous coronavirus.” “This does not originate in England or South Africa,” he emphasized.
The newly discovered mutant virus, like the British and South African outbreaks, is highly contagious, but evidence has not yet come out that it could reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine, the researchers said. “It’s important that we don’t overreact to the new mutation until we get new data,” said co-author Peter Moller, Chief Scientific Officer of Wexner Medical Center.
Meanwhile, the number of new deaths per day of Corona 19 in the United States was the highest ever. According to the statistics of Johns Hopkins University, the number of new Corona 19 deaths the previous day was 4,327, breaking the previous high. It is the second time that the number of new deaths recorded in the 4,000 range, following the 7th (4,194).
/ Reporter Kwak Yoon-ah [email protected]
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