Virologist, head of the MFTA genomic engineering laboratory Pavel Volchkov predicted the emergence of a new coronavirus strain. He shared the details in a conversation with Izvestia.
“If a new superhtamm COVID-19 appears, then, most likely, this will happen in the regions with zero tolerance to coronavirus,” he said.
To them, the wolfs took China and the states of South Asia.
“$ 1.5 billion lives in China. A hypothetically, such a country could become a new twist in strain formation: 1.5 billion of non-vaccinated people are a huge resource base for the virus, he has where to multiply,” the virologist believes.
Specialist clarified that in other countries the new SARS-COV-2 variants appear more difficult for the lack of a sufficient resource base. He recalled that most people in other regions of the world have already encountered this virus.
Volchkov also added that, in general, the appearance of a new superstamma is unlikely.