Translation of the article published by IL FOGLIO
WHO is monitoring it. 50
mutations have been observed, more than 30 on the spike protein, which is the
target of most vaccines. But it is still too early to draw clear conclusions.
Meanwhile, Italy, after the United Kingdom and Israel, is also blocking
incoming flights.
The new variant is the most significant discovered by scientists so far, said Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Safety Agency: "Urgent research is underway to learn more about its transmissibility, severity and susceptibility to vaccines." . Meanwhile, the scientific community has already taken steps to try to quickly complete the identikit of this new variant. Thomas Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, has posted details of the new variant on a genome-sharing website. The virologist notes that "the incredibly high amount of spike protein mutations suggests that this could be a cause for real concern."
In a series of tweets, Peacock
said it "should be monitored a lot because of that horrible spike
profile", as "the staggering number of mutations in the protein
suggests that this variant could cause concern" over the hypothetical
ability to escape many of the known monoclonal antibodies. But he added that
the African one could turn out to be a "strange cluster" that is not
very transmissible. "I hope so," he wrote.
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