The risk of the virus mutation is significantly increased if it is widely circulated in the population, the Director of the European Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO) Hans Keleva said.
“The more active the virus is transmitted – the greater the mutations. The less it is transmitted, the mutations are smaller,” he described the long-revealed patterns in a conversation with “Lenta.ru”.
According to the specialist, the superstamma will continue to arise if not solving the problem with the “vaccine inequality”. The clue called on the countries to “immediately share vaccines” with those who have them yet in sufficient quantities.
“… If those who are susceptible to the greatest risk will not receive these drugs, then new strains that will arise in the future will cross our achievements, all our progress will prolong the pandemic,” the expert warned.