Immunologist Sai Reddy of Zurich Medical School has warned that a more dangerous variant of the coronavirus will appear in the world next year.
The combination of existing variants of SARS-CoV-2 could lead to a new phase of the epidemic with a large number of deaths, he said. Beta from South Africa and Gamma from Brazil have already developed mutations that allow them to partially avoid acquired antibodies, Reddy said.
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In the next phase of the pandemic, the immunologist said, the Beta and Gamma strains would become even more contagious, and Delta would gain the ability to bypass immunity. He called these mutations “inevitable.”
“COVID-22 could be even worse than what we are facing now,” the scientist told Blick.
The expert stressed that the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 must be recognized as early as possible so that vaccine manufacturers can quickly adapt their drugs to fight the infection.
“The immune system and the virus are like two dancers. The immunity seems to move and the virus reacts to its movements. We will dance with it for a long time,” said the immunologist.
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