The figures indicate that this new strain, known so far as “AY. 4.2”, constitutes 6 percent of the new infections with the emerging coronavirus in the country.
Experts believe that this sub-mutant is more likely to spread between 10 and 15 percent compared to the original “delta” mutation, which was first detected in India, and then became dominant in most infections.
And the director of the Institute of Genetics at the University of London, Francois Ballou, explained that the nature of this new sub-mutant of corona makes it more transmissible.
In an analysis published on Twitter, the researcher explained that this new type of “delta” is perhaps the most capable of spreading to this day.
It is expected that the World Health Organization will initiate an investigation into this new type of “delta” mutant, in an effort to determine the existing risks.
In Britain, documents published on Tuesday revealed that health experts are currently monitoring this sub-mutant.
On Tuesday, Britain recorded 233 deaths from complications from “Covid-19”, the highest number since the ninth of last March, but health experts did not link this increase to the new sub-mutator.
One of the positive things in Britain is that the proportion of “Covid-19” patients who have to be hospitalized is still much lower compared to what was recorded last year, and the credit for this improvement is attributed to the vaccination, which made the epidemic less deadly.
In the meantime, experts say it is unlikely that this sub-mutator will deteriorate the current epidemiological situation, or even turn back the clock.
The emergence of mutants, or their offshoots, is a natural and expected thing in virology, while the countries of the world are currently betting on coexisting with the epidemic, and immunizing people through vaccination, because eliminating infection once and for all does not seem verifiable.
The head of the Oxford University Vaccine Group, Andrew Pollard, said that it is really important that this sub-mutant be subject to monitoring, but that does not mean that it will replace “Delta”.
He added that the new sub-mutant is transmitted “well” between people who received the vaccination, and the most important thing is that it will not change our current epidemiological situation significantly.
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