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The microbiologist Sharon Peacock assumes that variants of the coronavirus will continue to concern the world in the early 2030s.
"Once we have the virus under control, or it mutates itself so that it is no longer virulent and causes disease, we can stop worrying," Peacock, who heads the UK's coronavirus sample sequencing program, told the BBC - "Newscast".
“But when I look into the future, I think we'll be doing this [sequencing] for years.
In my opinion, we will still be doing that in ten years. "
It is normal and in most cases harmless for viruses to develop mutations.
Only very few produced special properties that could make the pathogen more contagious or limit the immune response to the virus.
These should be observed and recognized early.
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The biologist from Cambridge University also assumes that the corona variant B.1.1.7, which was initially discovered in Great Britain, will soon be the dominant variant not only in the UK.
“It will in all likelihood spill around the world.” The more contagious variant has already been proven in more than 50 countries.
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