{"id":138329,"date":"2020-12-21T15:10:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T12:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/walter-reed-scientists-study-new-uk-covid-19-strain\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:10:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T12:10:53","slug":"walter-reed-scientists-study-new-uk-covid-19-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/walter-reed-scientists-study-new-uk-covid-19-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"#Walter Reed scientists study new UK COVID-19 strain"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Walter Reed scientists study new UK COVID-19 strain<\/strong>”
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Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are studying the contagious new mutation of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom to see if it might be resistant to new vaccines, according to a report.<\/p>\n

Dr. Nelson Michael, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research at the institute, told CNN<\/a> that while there are always concerns that a shot won\u2019t work if a virus mutates significantly, the scientists still expect the inoculations will be effective against the new strain.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt stands to reason that this mutation isn\u2019t a threat, but you never know. We still have to be diligent and continue to look,\u201d Michael told the network on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Walter Reed experts on Thursday began examining genetic sequences of the new UK variant posted online by British researchers. As a first step, the team is performing a computer analysis.<\/p>\n

The \u201canalysis will allow us to gauge how much concern we should have. Other teams around the world are doing this analysis, too,\u201d Michael said.<\/p>\n

If the computer analysis indicates a cause for concern, studies would need to be done in a lab and on animals to more definitively determine if the vaccines will work on the new variant, according to CNN.<\/p>\n

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced new holiday lockdowns in parts of the UK that have seen the spread of the new mutation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no evidence to suggest the vaccine will be any less effective against the new variant. Our experts will continue their work to improve our understanding as fast as we can,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Patrick Vallance, the UK\u2019s chief scientific adviser agreed, saying: \u201cOur working assumption at the moment from all of the scientists is that the vaccine response should be adequate for this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. William Schaffner, an adviser to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines, told CNN that the vaccines are still useful because viruses mutate constantly, but usually not in ways that would make a shot useless.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with mutations, the virus essentially stays the same,\u201d Schaffner said. \u201cIt\u2019s like with a person. I can switch out my brown coat for a gray coat, but I\u2019m still Bill Schaffner. I\u2019ve changed something, but I\u2019m still the same person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the British prime minister plans to chair a meeting of the government\u2019s emergency committee later Monday after France closed its borders to arrivals from the UK to stem the spread of the new strain.<\/p>\n

France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and Bulgaria were among those who on Sunday announced widespread restrictions on flights from the country.<\/p>\n

Canada, India and Poland are among the latest countries to halt flights from the UK, following the lead of many in Europe.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Johnson announced that he was placing London and the southeast of England in a new Tier 4 level of restrictions after a warning from its scientific advisers \u2014 using what is widely considered to be one of the world\u2019s most sophisticated genome sequencing regimes \u2014 that the new variant was spreading far faster than existing strains.<\/p>\n

He said that early indications are that the new variant is 70 percent more transmissible and is driving the rapid spread of new infections in the capital and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the UK recorded a record daily total of 35,928 new infections.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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