A new type of virus found in the United Kingdom:
The United Kingdom has detected a new type of virus COVID-19 in two persons. This is another type of COVID-19. The description told by the health secretary Matt Hancock[1].
The cases which found from the two persons from South Africa. They traveled some days ago to South Africa, from where they discovered the new type of virus or variant of the Coronavirus. The South African Travel restricted that traveling without a check of Coronavirus will not allow traveling to any place[1].
The authorities said that the person who traveled to any place and the persons or person with him or she should quarantine immediately. “The new variant of Coronavirus is such that powerful that it affects the healthy and young people. That is very dangerous for both elder and younger”. It is described by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize[1].
He said that the country “cannot go through what we went through in the early days of the Aids pandemic” [1].
The research from the Scientists from South Africa:
The scientists in South Africa state the variation has “spread quickly” and turned into the prevailing type of the infection in pieces of the nation. The variation is as yet broke down. However, the information is steady with it spreading all the more rapidly. It was identified without precedent for the UK on Tuesday[1].
Explosive Epidemics:
This variation shares a few similitudes to the one that has just been recognized in the UK. Despite the fact that they have developed independently. Both have a transformation called N501Y which is a critical piece of the infection that it uses to taint the body’s phones[1].
Professor Neil Ferguson:
Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, stated: “I think the best worry of our right now is the South African one. “There’s episodic reports of touchy flare-ups for that infection and extremely steep expansions on the off chance that numbers. [1]”
At the Downing Street press instructions, Mr. Hancock said the new variation was “profoundly concerning”. Anybody advised to isolate should keep away from “all contact with some other individual at all”[1].
At a similar preparation, he declared millions of additional individuals moved to Tier 4 on Boxing Day with an end goal to control the infection[1].
Dr. Susan Hopkins from the Public Health England (PHE):
Dr. Susan Hopkins, from Public Health England (PHE), said “both appear as though they are more contagious” yet said they were “all. While learning” about the variation imported from South Africa. She said she was “pretty sure” the isolate and travel rules would control the spread of the new variation[1].
Professor Lawrence Young from Medical School:
Professor Lawrence Young, from Warwick Medical School. He stated: “The standard measures to limit transmission will expect infection with this variation. “The transition to harsher degrees of limitation the nation over is unavoidable. [1] “
How is South Africa reacting?
The government fixed limitations for the happy season, including shutting seashores along the renowned Garden Route in Western Cape territory. It confronted obstruction from the primary resistance. The Democratic Alliance (DA), and some anteroom gatherings. Who tested the choice in the courts, contending that the conclusion of seashores would devastatingly affect independent companies [1].
The Limitations in South Africa:
In any case, judges maintained the limitations, saying the public authority had an obligation to ensure the soundness of individuals. Western Cape chief Alan Winde said emergency clinics in the territory were under “extreme strain”. The territory had more Covid-19 cases this time around than during the principal wave [1].
South Africa has so far recorded around 950,000 cases and more than 25,000 passing’s the most noteworthy in Africa[1].
Conclusion:
There a new type of coronavirus spreading in the world. This virus came from South Africa from two persons. They said that they traveled to South Africa for some work, but when they came back. They have a new variant or type of coronavirus in them. We need to prepare for any pandemic. But first, we need to protect ourselves.
References:
1. bbc. 24th December 2020; Available from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55428953.