#VUI-202012/01

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LE VARIANT ANGLAIS DU CORONAVIRUS IDENTIFIÉ

La souche anglaise du Sars-Cov-2, redoutée pour son haut degré de contagiosité, est désormais bien identifiée. Les scientifiques l'ont affublée du nom de code ésotérique « VUI-202012/01 ». Dans un souci de simplification pour le grand public, nous désignerons cette mutation du coronavirus sous le sigle « CBHB » (abréviation de « Corona Britannicus Hirsutus Borisum »).

La morphologie de l'abominable virus en question est aisément reconnaissable sous microscope électronique du fait que son enveloppe, outre les communes protubérances colorées qui la constellent, est en plus dotée d'une coiffe constituée de longs poils blonds ébouriffés. Cette particularité permet de bien distinguer cet avatar grand-breton hirsute des autres espèces de coronavirus...

Mais devant la recrudescence des assauts invasifs du « CBHB » sur notre territoire et chez nos voisins, une grave question se pose désormais : une clause d'exportation et de circulation transfrontières du variant britannique faisait-elle subrepticement partie de l'accord de partenariat post-Brexit conclu entre l'Union européenne et le Royaume-Uni ?

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New COVID-19 strain: More dangerous? Will vaccines help? Here's everything you should know

New COVID-19 strain: More dangerous? Will vaccines help? Here’s everything you should know

Just as we were preparing to put the dreaded 2020 behind us, 2021 already seems to be sneaking up on us with more nasty surprises. A new variant of coronavirus has been discovered in the UK, leading many countries to suspend air travel to the UK. The internet is already buzzing with many questions: Is the new strain more dangerous? Will vaccines work against it? But before we hit the panic…

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Grinchii si replica Covidului chinezesc VUI-202012/01.

Grinchii si replica Covidului chinezesc VUI-202012/01.

Doi Grinchi pe nume Boris si Mark, au furat Craciunul Angliei si al Tarii Galilor instituind peste noapte, cu mult mai devreme si fara nicio prevenire prealabila, o noua carantina totala. De azi noapte, 20 Decembrie ora 00:01, aceste doua tari din UK au intrat in carantina. In schimb ministresele celorlalte doua tari din Marea Britanie, respectiv Nicola a Scotiei si Arlene a Irlandei de Nord,…

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New Strain Of Coronavirus | कोरोना वायरस का नया रूप 70% ज्यादा संक्रामक

New Strain Of Coronavirus | कोरोना वायरस का नया रूप 70% ज्यादा संक्रामक

Coronavirus अभी इस दुनिया से गया नहीं है लेकिन अब इसका एक नया रूप सामने आ गया है जिसने पूरी ��ुनिया को हिला कर रख दिया है, पूरी दुनिया की स्वस्थ सेवाओं मे फिर से टेंशन की लहर दौड़ रही है, हम सभी लम्बे समय से Coronavirus के डर से जीते आ रहे हैं , घर से बहार निकलने मे भी अब लोगो को डर लगने लगा है , जहा पर लोग एक दूसरे से मिलके अपना सुख दुःख बाटा करते थे वो दिन गायब हो चुके है, Coronavirus का यह नया…

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Sitemize "İngiltere'de ortaya çıkan koronavirüs mutasyonu durdurulamıyor! Türkiye'de yok ama 22 ülkeye yayıldı" konusu eklenmiştir. Detaylar için ziyaret ediniz. İngiltere'de ortaya çıkan koronavirüs mutasyonu durdurulamıyor! Türkiye'de yok ama 22 ülkeye yayıldı Son Dakika Son Dakika Dünya

[kon-igi]

Buongiorno Doc, non so se intaserò il tuo ask box con domande già fatte, ma cos'è questa variante nuova del covid che stanno trovando nei vari stati? Mi ricordo che una volta in una domanda parlasti di due tipi di mutazioni, una diciamo "leggera" (non so come definirla) e una catastrofica....

Si parlava dell’ANTIGENIC DRIFT e dell’ANTIGENIC SHIFT del virus influenzale...

... ma tranquilli tutti che qua non è una roba degna di panico ma solo di attento interesse.

Intanto cominciamo col dargli un nome:

VUI – 202012/01

che sta per 

The first Variant Under Investigation in December 2020

anche se negli studi sparsi qua e là è molto più facile che la troviate come

Lineage B.1.1.7

Si tratta di un cluster epidemico che si è visto aver raccolto TRE mutazioni filogenetiche già precedentemente individuate separatemente:

La mutazione N501Y è uno dei sei residui di contatto chiave all'interno del dominio di legame del recettore (RBD) ed è stata identificata come una crescente affinità di legame con l'ACE2 umano e murino.

La delezione Spike 69-70del è stata descritta nel contesto dell'evasione della risposta immunitaria umana, ma si è anche verificata un certo numero di volte in associazione con altri cambiamenti RBD.

La mutazione P681H è immediatamente adiacente al sito di scissione della furina, una posizione ben nota per il suo significato biologico.

In parole povere si tratta sempre dello stesso identico virus ma con ADATTAMENTI funzionali a una migliore penetrazione dello stesso nelle cellule da infettare e una migliore difesa verso gli attacchi del nostro sistema immunitario.

Adesso esiste un Sars-CoV2 con fucili a munizioni perforanti e giubbotti antiproiettile.

È meno letale?

Sembra di sì ma c’era da spettarselo visto che tutti sanno che se macelli una vacca ci mangi un mese ma che se invece la mungi mangi formaggio per tutta la vita, quindi è successo che nei tentativi di mutazione sono sopravvissuti quei virus che facevano solo ammalare e spandere il contagio piuttosto che quelli che immobilizzavano e stecchivano il vettore in poco tempo.

E comunque sembra che questa nuova variante non riesca a evadere dalla risposta immunitaria ottenuta mediante vaccino.

SEMBRA... ma come sempre dobbiamo aspettare e lasciar studiare gli addetti ai lavori.

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Mutasyona uğrayan virüsün yeni adı Sars-cov-2 vui 202012/01'miş. Maşallah komşunun wifi şifresi gibi

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Coronavavirus mutations matter. Behaviour matters more

ANDRÉ PICARD, The Globe and Mail 

DECEMBER 21, 2020

“Out of Control Mutant Strain” has a nice science-fiction horror movie ring to it, like the pandemic version of the 1953 classic It Came from Outer Space.

Before we totally freak out about the snappily named VUI-202012/01 that is making headlines, however, let’s keep a few important details in mind: 1) There is no evidence it is more deadly; 2) it is unlikely to make treatments less effective; 3) there is every reason to believe that vaccines will work just as well against the new variant; 4) the claim that it is 70-per-cent more transmissible is largely speculative, based on modelling; 5) we don’t know how prevalent this mutation is already.

Tracking mutations of the coronavirus is important scientific work, especially when we’re dealing with a pandemic virus that has already infected at least 77 million people and killed 1.7 million.

But mutations happen all the time – there have been one to two mutations to the coronavirus every month since it emerged – and most are inconsequential. Some of these variants generate media attention, such as the D614G mutation that emerged in Europe in February, the A222V mutation that came out of Spain, or the “Cluster 5” mutation that spread from minks in Denmark. (The terms “strain” and “variant” are used interchangeably but a strain implies a different virus while a variant makes it clear that it’s the same virus, but with mutations.)

There are groups such as Nextstrain that track these changes meticulously, based on the more than 3,500 virus genomes that have been decoded to date. Britain has some of the most sophisticated genomic sequencing surveillance in the world; Canada, not so much.

What raised a red flag was surveillance around London. The new variant was first spotted in September, but by October it accounted for 28 per cent of cases, and 62 per cent by the end of November.

That this variant became so dominant so quickly is what suggests that it spreads much more readily. But more infectious doesn’t imply more deadly.

Scientists also caution that there are many unknowns. Some variants come to dominate in various parts of the world by fluke, because of superspreader events.

The soaring number of coronavirus cases in Britain – and the capital London in particular – suggest that public-health restrictions are not being heeded, regardless of variants.

But back to the science for a moment.

What has scientists worried about the new variant is that 23 mutations happened at the same time, which is unusual. More concerning is that some of the mutations change the spike protein on the surface of the coronavirus.

The spike is what allows the virus to enter and infect cells. Dr. Kiki Sanford, host of the TWIS (This Week In Science) podcast, likens it to a key for a lock that opens the door into our bodies and says the mutations make the key more effective.

The good news is that it’s still the same key.

The vaccines that have been developed to date prevent the spike proteins from latching onto cells and entering them. So, if these spike proteins have been altered by mutations, will vaccines stop working?

Probably not.

While the spike protein is being altered a bit, it will likely still be recognizable – the way you can recognize someone’s face even if they get a new haircut or have a scar. The vaccines can also be tweaked.

The public has become engaged in scientific research more than ever before. That’s great. But we can’t let each scientific advance transmute into pandemic porn. When you engage in constant doomscrolling of the news, it can be alarming.

What we really need to do with this story is step back a bit and reflect on what it means for the evolution of the pandemic and to our daily lives.

Assuming for a moment that this new variant does spread more readily, it serves as a timely reminder that we need to heed public-health warnings.

Coronavirus spreads when people interact, and especially when they do so incautiously.

So, stay home if you’re sick, wear a mask, avoid crowds, don’t gather (especially indoors), and get vaccinated when it’s your turn.

You don’t need to be a molecular geneticist to protect yourself against coronavirus, regardless of its variant.

If this “out-of-control” variant is what it takes for politicians to start taking coronavirus seriously – imposing stricter travel bans and lockdowns – then so be it.

But let’s not forget that the pandemic is getting ever worse not because of biology or genomics, but principally because of human behaviour.

This may be a horror movie, but it’s largely one of our own making.

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Virüsün Mutasyon Geçirmesi Ne Anlama Geliyor?

Virüsün Mutasyon Geçirmesi Ne Anlama Geliyor?

Covid 19, dünyada hızla yayılmaya devam ederken, bu kez de virüsün mutasyon geçirmesi gündeme geldi. İtalya; Danimarka, Hollanda, Avustralya, Belçika, ve İskoçya’nın ardından “VUI – 202012/01” mutasyonun tespit edildiği İngiltere dışındaki altıncı ülke oldu. Fransa ise mutasyon görüldüğünü doğrulamasa da imkan dahilinde olduğunu ifade etti. Mutasyon nedir? Mutasyon, varyant ya da değişinim, bir…

[phamios]

Ấn Độ phân lập và nuôi cấy thành công biến thể mới của SARS-CoV-2

Ấn Độ phân lập và nuôi cấy thành công biến thể mới của SARS-CoV-2

Theo Bộ Y tế và phúc lợi gia đình Ấn Độ, tính đến thời điểm này, nước này đã ghi nhận tổng cộng 29 người nhiễm biến thể VUI-202012/01. Hình ảnh quét qua kính hiển vi điện tử cho thấy tế bào (màu xanh) bị virus SARS-COV-2 (màu tím) xâm nhập. (Ảnh: AFP/TTXVN) Theo phóng viên TTXVN tại New Delhi, Hội đồng Nghiên cứu Y tế Ấn Độ (ICMR) thông báo nước này đã nuôi cấy thành công biến thể VUI-202012/01…

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New Type Virus Seen in England Named SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01

New Type Virus Seen in England Named SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01

New Type Virus Seen in England Named SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01 Kaynak: https://www.webtekno.com/yeni-tip-viruse-sars-cov-2-vui-202012-01-adi-verildi-h103708.html

[lafamamusic]

La nueva variante de coronavirus afecta más a menores de 20 años y es 50 por ciento más infecciosa, advierten científicos ingleses

La nueva variante de coronavirus afecta más a menores de 20 años y es 50 por ciento más infecciosa, advierten científicos ingleses

Cuando a finales del año pasado Reino Unido anunció la presencia de una variación del SARS-CoV-2 entre su población, el país comenzó a limitar el tránsito de personas e intensificó las medidas de confinamiento; además, las alertas se encendieron alrededor del mundo. A la fecha, la mutación identificada como Variant of Concern (VOC) o Variante en Investigación (VUI) 202012/01 se ha encontrado en…

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Awas! Varian Baru Corona B117 Masuk Indonesia, Masihkah Vaksinasi Efektif?

Awas! Varian Baru Corona B117 Masuk Indonesia, Masihkah Vaksinasi Efektif?

JAKARTA, 123berita.com – Varian baru Covid-19 mutasi atau dikenal dengan “VUI-202012/01” atau B117 telah masuk ke Indonesia. Alhasil, muncul banyak pertanyaan mengenai efektivitas vaksinasi terhadap varian Covid-19 ini. Menteri Riset dan Teknologi (Menristek) Bambang Brodjonegoro angkat bicara soal itu. Ia mengatakan, varian baru SARS-COV-2, B117 asal Inggris belum terbukti mengganggu kinerja…

[123berita]

Awas! Varian Baru Corona B117 Masuk Indonesia, Masihkah Vaksinasi Efektif?

Awas! Varian Baru Corona B117 Masuk Indonesia, Masihkah Vaksinasi Efektif?

JAKARTA, 123berita.com – Varian baru Covid-19 mutasi atau dikenal dengan “VUI-202012/01” atau B117 telah masuk ke Indonesia. Alhasil, muncul banyak pertanyaan mengenai efektivitas vaksinasi terhadap varian Covid-19 ini. Menteri Riset dan Teknologi (Menristek) Bambang Brodjonegoro angkat bicara soal itu. Ia mengatakan, varian baru SARS-COV-2, B117 asal Inggris belum terbukti mengganggu kinerja…

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World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots

World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots

Article content continued While thousands of variants have arisen as the virus mutates on replication, only a very small minority are likely to be important and to change the virus in an appreciable way, according to the British Medical Journal. The so called British variant, known as VUI-202012/01, has mutations including a change in the spike protein that viruses use to bind to the human ACE2…

[jessicaallison917]

All About The New Mutant Strain Of Covid-19 Virus

This entire last year has been a testing one. Most of us stayed indoors for the entirety of the duration in the anticipation that there will be a vaccine out soon and then things will go back to normal. Towards the end of the year, a vaccine was finally announced and people were elated. However, that feeling of happiness was short-lived. We woke up to the news that there was a new strain of coronavirus that was sweeping across England. It almost looked like no amount of air duct cleaning and disinfection was going to save us from the virus. However, let's not jump the gun before we know all the details. Here is everything we know about the new mutant strain of the Covid-19 virus.

The new strain of the Covid-19 virus has been termed VUI–202012/01, and according to the experts, it is said to be 70 percent more contagious than the one we had already been dealing with. The potency of the virus is so much that it has caused London and a few more parts of the UK to go under complete lockdown again. Along with the UK, countries like South Africa, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, and Italy have also reported the new strain.

The one good news amidst this chaos is that there is no sign that the vaccine is ineffective against the new strain. So the vaccination drive can continue as planned and people can hope to get inoculated against the virus soon. A lot of countries have temporarily suspended the arrival of citizens from the countries that have been dealing with the new strain of the virus. According to the experts, given the number of mutations of the strain, it should be a priority to understand it better and evaluate how to deal with it efficiently.

We will definitely get over this challenge as well. Until then, let's wear our face masks while outdoors, wash our hands regularly and carry out HVAC duct cleaning in Dubai from time to time so that we stay protected from the virus.