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The United States’ chief epidemiologist, Anthony Fauci, said today that after the data released by the United Kingdom government, it should be assumed that the British variant of Covid-19 can “cause further damage, including death, and noted that the vaccine remains effective even against the mutation found in South Africa.
Fauci’s statements come just days after the executive orders signed by newly assumed President of the United States, Joe Biden, to which he himself testified.
“We must now assume that what is mainly circulating in the UK has some degree of increase in what we call virulence, that is, the power of the virus to cause harm, including death, “the expert told the program Face the nation, from the chain CBS News.
He added that “the most recent data is in line with what the British are saying. We want to see the data ourselves, but we have reason to believe it. They are a very competent group“.
Fauci confirmed that the new UK variant of the coronavirus “exists in at least 20 entities in the United States,” and pointed out that the vaccines administered in the country are from Moderna and Pfizer with BioNTech, “seem to continue to protect against the mutated strain“.
Surpassed the United States today, just over a year after reporting its first case of Covid-19, the 25 million infected by the virus, reaching 417 thousand 538 deaths, leaving the country the most affected by the pandemic in the world.
When asked about the presence in the United States of the lineage discovered in South Africa, Fauci admitted that he cannot say “absolutely” that they know it as fact.
“What has been analyzed so far has not appeared in any of the surveillance activities, but we have to greatly expand our genomic surveillanceHero.
The official added that while the South African mutation has been observed to render the vaccines “in some ways” ineffective, they still fall within a “buffer level” that makes them effective against these variants.
“The best way to prevent further evolution of these mutants is to vaccinate as many people as possible with the vaccines we currently have at our disposal,” said Fauci.
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