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Coronavirus: WHO meets for new African mutation – Britain suspends flights from 6 African countries

Extraordinary meeting on new mutation detected in African countries will have today Friday 26.11 his scientists World Health Organization, to discuss the impact it will have on existing vaccines and treatments.

Last night, (Thursday 25.11) the British government decided to impose an emergency travel restrictions for six South African countries due to concerns about the new coronavirus variant B.1.1529.

Coronavirus: What we know so far about strain B.1.1.529

THE new coronavirus mutation found in Africa is the most worrying seen by British health, since he has him twice the number of mutations compared to Delta, including some associated with the possibility of not being recognized by antibodies.

The United Kingdom Health Insurance Agency stated that this variant, the so-called B.1.1.529, bring a spike protein which is significantly different from that of the original coronavirus strain on which they were based vaccines for Covid-19.

He’s got mutations which may not be recognized by antibodies produced by both previous infections and vaccination, as well as mutations associated with increased transmissibility, it is noted.

The variant recommends “A potentially significant threat to the vaccination program, which we must protect at all costs “, said sources of the British government, according to a publication of Guardian.

“UKHSA is investigating the new variant. Need more data, but we take precautions now, “he said Minister of Health Sajid Javid.

Britain: Six African countries on the “red list” due to the new variant – British travelers quarantined

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“From tomorrow (Friday) at noon, six African countries will be added to the list. Flights will be temporarily banned and British travelers (of them) should be quarantined “, he added. These countries are the South Africa, the Namibia, the Lesotho, the Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), the Zimbabwe and the Botswana.

Speaking on TV channels, the Minister of Health expressed concern that Vaccines for Covid-19 may be less effective against the new variant. “What we do know is that there is a significant number of mutations, perhaps twice as many as the mutations we have seen in the Delta variant. “And that would suggest that it could be more contagious and that the vaccines we have today might be less effective,” he said, according to the Athens News Agency.

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