COVID could eventually mutate into a “ultimate” variant 600 times more infectious than the original from Wuhan, experts have claimed. A study which plotted future outcomes for the virus…
COVID could eventually mutate into a "ultimate" variant 600 times more infectious than the original from Wuhan, experts have claimed.
Led by scientist Gideon Schreiber, the research broke down the virus' spike protein "hook", which it uses to break into human cells, into it's most basic parts. One of which was 600 times better at infecting humans than the original strain - evading vaccine antibody defences and with increased transmissibility.: "Further in vitro evolution enhancing binding by 600-fold provides guidelines towards potentially new evolving mutations with even higher infectivity.for current and future mutations."
The Delta variant rampaged across the UK after first being seen in India. It was first flagged up in Britain in mid-April.
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