Kamil Khafizov, head of the scientific group for the development of new methods for diagnosing human diseases at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, in an interview with RIA News commented on the news of the self-destruction of the delta strain.
According to the expert, such words sound like a miracle, but the reality is still completely different. “I’m afraid the reality looks very different. So far, we note that the “delta” line in all countries is constantly mutating and dissociating into daughter sub-lines, ”said the epidemiologist. As an example, he cited the emergence of the subline AY.4.2, which is now detected in the UK in 18 percent of all new infections.
He noted that it is rather difficult to imagine the situation described by Japanese scientists in which the virus mutated so that it suddenly lost its ability to reproduce, but at the same time it multiplied widely among the population in order to continue its unsuccessful version.
Earlier, a professor at the National Institute of Genetics Ituro Inoue said that, in his opinion, the incidence of COVID-19 in Japan decreased after the delta strain of the virus self-destructed. The scientist suggested that this subspecies disappeared due to constant mutations, which “broke” the delta strain of the coronavirus.
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