(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: The mutant strain that appears in the UK may be fatal
China News Agency, London, January 22 (Zhao Xingyi) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on the 22nd that the recent mutation of the new crown virus in the UK may be even more deadly.
Data map: British Prime Minister Johnson.
At the government epidemic briefing held that day, Johnson stated that the recently discovered mutant strains in London and southeastern England "in addition to spreading faster, there is now research evidence that may be related to the higher mortality rate now."
The latest research data confirms that the new mutant strain spreads 30% to 70% faster than the original virus, and there are signs that the new mutant strain is about 30% more lethal.
Among the 60-year-old elderly patients with early new coronary pneumonia, 10 out of 1,000 may die, and the new mutant strain caused the death toll in 1,000 to rise to 13.
Johnson said that the British research team has not yet been able to give specific figures on the fatality rate, which means that there is still huge uncertainty in the fatality rate of the virus.
At present, this more infectious new mutant strain has spread widely in the UK.
"This means that the British National Health Service (NHS) is under such tremendous pressure." Statistics show that the number of deaths within 28 days after the new crown test was positive in the United Kingdom has soared for two consecutive days on January 19 and 20, and on the 20th. The number is as high as 1,820, setting a record for the highest number of deaths in a single day in the UK since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
On January 4, local time, in London, England, a government public health message appeared on a road sign on the side of the road.
Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific adviser of the British government, emphasized at the government's outbreak conference that "there are many uncertainties in the number of studies on the lethality of the new crown mutant strain, and we need to do more work to deal with it. Perform precise processing".
The two other mutant strains that have recently emerged in South Africa and Brazil are even more worrying. "They have certain characteristics that may make it difficult for existing vaccines to be effective."
He pointed out that the further upgrade of UK immigration control measures has become the current focus of the British government's epidemic prevention department.
On the 22nd, there were 40,261 newly confirmed cases in the UK, and a total of 3,583,907 confirmed cases; 1401 new deaths and a total of 95,981 deaths.
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