coronavirus will not disappear with the arrival of heat – Rambler / News

The epidemic is gaining momentum in Brazil, where the summer is now, and in India and Pakistan, where the spring is very hot, and in Mexico, where it is also hot and a lot of sun. The fact is that for RNA-containing viruses, which is the new coronavirus, ultraviolet light is not too dangerous – it cannot cause the same changes as in the DNA that makes up the genome of all cellular organisms, from bacteria to humans, says the scientist . But a combination of heat and dry air can harm the virus. The head of the arbovirus department of the Research Institute of Virology of the Ministry of Health Alexander Butenko agrees that warm weather does not affect the spread and survivability of the virus.-

Alexander Butenko, head of the arbovirus department of the Research Institute of Virology of the Ministry of Health “Since the transmission method is airborne, the air temperature does not really matter. Suppose a sick person passes by, he left such a cloud of aerosol from his cough, then his closest neighbor, in turn, became infected, for example, or in the subway. Another thing is that maybe on the surface of different objects it remains at lower temperatures, but this is not the main mode of transmission. “

After recovering from COVID-19, they gain immunity, and the more people become ill, the fewer new infections will be, that is, the epidemic will decline, says Alexey Potekhin. He says that when humanity gains collective immunity, the coronavirus will go on the list of seasonal SARS, and people will get another viral cold without even trying to identify its causative agent.

But now there are still high chances to encounter a “hard” option. Russia is still at the very beginning of the epidemic, which we manifested later than in Europe. And the peak incidence ahead, the scientist noted.

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