Mutation in coronavirus – What’s the story?
Recently the UK government has imposed a sudden lockdown because a new mutated coronavirus is spreading throughout the country. Flights have been cancelled, and the UK has decided to close all its borders.
Many countries like India, Africa and many European nations have closed their borders with the UK.
Similar cases of mutated coronavirus have been recorded in South Africa. 90% of patients from Mid November are affected due to Mutated coronavirus.
Officials declared that the mutated coronavirus has 70% high transmission rate than normal coronavirus. The transmission rate depends on the immunity of the respective persons. There are 1,100 in 60 local areas of the UK, and the cases of covid 19 are increasing rapidly.
What is Mutation in Coronavirus?
Mutation means changing the genetic sequence of the virus.
A mutation is common in RNA viruses as the coronavirus is an RNA virus; it has changed its genetic sequence to sustain in the human body. The change in the virus genetic sequence is called Drift.
There are no records that prove it deadlier, but the transmission rate of coronavirus is improved, it is spreading in some places of the world.
Will Mutation in Coronavirus increase the spread?
In recent records of the UK and some other countries, there is a sudden spike in the graph of covid cases which indirectly proves that the transmission rate of mutated coronavirus is high. Experts are estimating that it has 70% high transmission rate.
Should we worry about Mutated coronavirus?
A mutation is common in RNA virus; generally, they change their RNA sequence to live or to sustain for a longer time. Till now, there is no proof that the mutated coronavirus is deadlier, but we need to worry about the transmission rate. Recently India has recorded the cases of mutated coronavirus. We need to take all the precautions to stop the spread of coronavirus and mutated coronavirus.
Is this mutated strain in India?
Recently the mutated coronavirus has entered into India; there are very few cases, and officials are trying their best to track the mutated virus carriers.
Until the problem is solved, you need to follow the precautions like wearing a mask, using sanitizer and maintaining social distance.