Coronavirus: WHO report 'can't be trusted' says Ellwood
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Coronavirus has undergone yet another mutation and this one has made its way on to UK soil from Nigeria. There are growing fears that the variant will elude vaccine antibodies after it was revealed it contains the 484K mutation to the spike protein. This mutation has been found in the South Africa and Brazil variants – and is believed to help the disease evade the antibodies which attempt to stop it.
Dr Simon Clarke, an associate professor of cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, sounded the alarm bell about the new strain’s potential resistance to current vaccines.
He told The Guardian: “We don’t yet know how well this [new] variant will spread, but if it is successful it can be presumed that immunity from any vaccine or previous infection will be blunted.
“I think that until we know more about these variants, any variants which carry E484K should be subject to surge testing as it seems to confer resistance to immunity, however that is generated.”
So far, University of Edinburgh researchers have reportedly found 32 cases of the B1525 variant in Britain.
More than 100 cases of the B1525 variant have been found around the world, according to the University of Edinburgh team.
What are the symptoms?
Last month, a Nigerian scientist suggested the variant may cause more severe signs and symptoms.
He had spent December in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country’s Covid-19 variant, amid an increase in cases.
“The variants discovered in the UK and South Africa, they are distantly different from the variants discovered in Nigeria,” said Mr Omilabu.
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He added: “What we could say clinically is that we have more people coming down with severe signs and symptoms.”
Generally, severe signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19 include worsened shortness of breath and pneumonia, according to the Mayo Clinic.
According to the health body, these symptoms may surface about a week after symptoms start.
In addition to the main symptoms of coronavirus, other symptoms include:
- Muscle aches
- Chills
- Sore throat
- Runny nose
- Headache
- Chest pain
- Pink eye (conjunctivitis).
What are the main symptoms of coronavirus?
The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
- A high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
- A new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or three or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
- A loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you’ve noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal.
According to the NHS, most people with coronavirus have at least one of these symptoms.
How to respond
If you have any of the main symptoms of coronavirus, get a test to check if you have coronavirus as soon as possible.
You and anyone you live with should stay at home and not have visitors until you get your test result – only leave your home to have a test.
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