Don't be afraid of Corona's new look: WHO said - no matter how much the virus changes, the vaccine will be updated in 6 weeks

Posted on 28th Dec 2020 by rohit kumar

There is no need to panic with the new shape of the Corona found in Britain. This is to say that Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Swaminathan told Dainik Bhaskar that the new form of vaccine virus that is being made worldwide, including India, is as effective as the initial form. The coronavirus change so far has been modest in nine to ten months. The vaccine is prepared only after looking at the possible changes in the virus.

 

According to experts, vaccines are being made from different components in the world. The vaccines made in India are protein-based. Let's say that the virus has changed a lot, so there is no need to fear. Because a protein-based vaccine can be updated in 4 to 6 weeks. However, this is rarely needed.

 

Bhaskar Explainer: New strain increases patients, not deaths

 

How many strains are there in India, how much difference is there?

Former scientist of Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), Prof. According to Raman Gangakhedkar, genome sequencing has not been much in India. This shows how much and how the virus trend changes. Sequencing that has taken place so far has revealed that the earliest virus form in India was in Wuhan city of China. Then came the forms of Italy and other European countries. The forms of Afro-America have also emerged in different states of the country. But no form has been seen so far, which has changed much in its original nature.

 

The form found in the UK spreads 70% faster, what would be the impact if it arrived in India?

There will be no significant impact. There are already dozens of different formats. There has been a study in Europe on the new form that it is only spreading rapidly, deaths do not happen much. For example, after the redesign in Britain, the number of daily patients increased from 14 thousand to 29 thousand, while daily deaths have been 400 to 500. That is, patients grew more than 100%, while deaths increased by 25%.

 

More than 30 people who came to India from Britain in three days have been found infected. How many of these are redesigned?

No officer of the Union Health Ministry is ready to say this. Although the report of genome sequencing arrives in 36 hours, but reports of infectives from Britain have not been revealed even after three days.

 

So the new form will also change its trend?

Yes, However, it is not necessarily more dangerous. Because most viruses become weaker after transformation. It may also become ineffective over time.

 

Can Redesign Reduce Vaccine Effect?

Dr. Sanjay Roy of Community Medicine, who is responsible for the clinical trial of the vaccine prepared by the Bharat Biotech company, said that there is always a change in the virus. However, the basic trend does not change. Therefore, all the vaccines that have come out so far will prove effective. The vaccines that Bharat Biotech and other companies have developed have been prepared keeping in mind the changes in the virus. There are many types of proteins in the vaccine. Some proteins may be neutralized on the new form, but others will continue to do their job. Some vaccine proteins in the world are made up of some nucleic acids or spike proteins.

 

So can it be assumed that there is needless panic around the world about the new form?

All countries are asking their citizens to be more vigilant. This is also true, because the new trend virus has spread very fast. That is, he is doing infected. Therefore there is panic. Virologist Prof. Shaheed Jamil told me- It is also important to understand that the new trend virus is not much different from the original virus. It can be eliminated with a vaccine.