What does Coronavirus Mutation mean
                     WHAT DOES CORONAVIRUS MUTATION MEAN?
INTRODUCTION
 Only as vaccines continue to give optimism that 
the pandemic will be overcome, authorities in 
England last weekend voiced an immediate 
concern over what they call an extremely 
infectious new variety of coronavirus.
Source: bbc.com
WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS MUTATION?
 A related form of the virus originated in South Africa, 
according to scientists who discovered it, shares one 
of the mutations found in the British strain. 
 This virus has been detected in up to 90 percent of 
the genetic sequences studied since mid-November 
in South Africa. 
Source: livescience.com
NEW VARIETY OF CORONAVIRUS
 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has put a toughest 
shutdown since March on the swift spread of the 
virus across London and nearby areas.
Source: indianexpress.com
SHUT DOWN
 London's train stations packed with crowds 
scratching out of the city as the controls were 
successful. 
 European states started to close down their 
borders on Sunday, with the intention of shutting 
down the latest version of the pathogen from 
United Kingdom. 
Source: cnbc.com
GENETIC MATERIAL OF THE CORONAVIRUS
 Scientists are troubled but not shocked by these 
variants. Researchers have identified the hopscopic 
results of thousands of minor changes in the 
coronavirus genetic material worldwide.
Source: science.com
BENEFICIAL MUTATIONS
 Some strains are more prevalent in a population 
merely through fortune, not because the modifications 
overwhelm the virus anyway. 
 As a consequence of vaccines and the tolerance in 
human societies, nevertheless, it becomes harder for 
viruses to live, researchers expect the virus to create 
beneficial mutations such that it will more efficiently 
propagate or avoid immune systems detection. 
Source: indianexpress.com
MONITOR THE MUTATIONS
 Jesse Bloom, an evolutionary biologist at the Fred 
Hutchinson Cancer Services in Seattle said that It is a 
real sign that we have to pay more attention. These 
mutations will definitely spread to the scientific 
community, we have to monitor these mutations and 
we must determine the effects of these mutations.
Source: www.scotsman.com
BRITISH VARIANT
 The British variant has about 20 mutations, some of 
which have an effect on how the virus seals and 
infects human cells.
 Muge Cevik, an infectious disease specialist at St. 
Andrews University in Scotland and a research 
consultant for the British Government, said that such 
mutations could enable the variant to reproduce and 
spread more effectively.
Source: bbc.com
70% MORE TRANSMISSIBLE
 However, the estimation of higher connectivity, the 
version was claimed by British officials to be 70% 
more transmissible is based on simulation and has 
not been verified. 
Source: indiatoday.com
NEW TRANSMISSIBLE MUTATIONS
 Specialists in South Africa were also quick to understand that 
human behaviour, not simply new transmissible mutations, 
were motivated by the outbreak. 
 In addition, the British announcement sparked fears that the 
virus might adapt to be immune to vaccines that have just 
been developed. 
 Concern is based on a couple of improvements in the viral 
genetic code, which may decrease the susceptibility to such 
antibodies.
Source: nytimes.com