The delta variant no longer seems to be the biggest bugbear of the corona pandemic. A new mutation from South Africa is currently causing a headache.
The corona situation in Germany remains dramatic. The incidences continue to rise – more and more people end up in intensive care units. An easing of the situation is far from in sight. On the contrary, a new corona variant is causing concern for virologists and politicians.
How dangerous the Omikron variant from South Africa really is, reports echo24.de * in a detailed article.
The corona variant has the scientific name B.1.1.529 and was first discovered in Botswana. The executive head of the Chancellery, Helge Braun (CDU), said: “The scientists are all very alarmed”. This is mainly due to the fact that the omicron variant of the coronavirus has an extremely large number of mutations. * echo24.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
