The most vaccinated country in the world "faces a new challenge

 Israel has become the first country in the world to receive COVID-19-free status.  The vast majority of the adult population is vaccinated, and an initiative is being discussed to conduct mass vaccination for children 12-15 years old.  However, the Indian strain, dubbed the "double mutant", greatly worried the Israelis.  The local press reports that the "Indian" has already been brought to the territory of Israel - it is being detected even in the vaccinated.

 The new super-strain VUI B.1.617, released on October 5 last year, has already caused massive funeral pyres in India.  Key mutations in this strain make it easier for it to enter the cells of the human body and escape antibodies.  Each of the mutations is not unique to the new coronavirus, but both are found at once only in the Indian strain, which is why it received the nickname "double mutant".

 The "Indian" is potentially dangerous in that he is suspected of having a so-called "blind spot", due to which antibodies in those who have been ill do not bind where they should, as a result of which they are not endowed with the ability to neutralize the virus when they meet again.  Therefore, the immunity of those who have recovered from the new strain may be insignificant.

 Today he is already walking the planet: he was diagnosed on different continents, including the United States and Europe.  Some countries are taking decisive measures to prevent its penetration into their territories.  For example, the Australians took unprecedented measures: they banned Australian citizens who are now in India from returning home under the threat of a fine of tens of thousands of Australian dollars and even 5 years in prison.

 Last week, Israel also banned tourists from India due to concerns about the spread of this option and a sharp increase in the number of cases in that country.  Under the new restrictions, only 300 Indian nurses and students will be allowed to enter the country per month.  They will have to undergo quarantine in hotels intended for visitors from India.  And the country's health ministry said in a statement that new restrictions barring Israelis from traveling to countries with high rates of infection (except in exceptional cases) are pending approval from the relevant ministries before they can be sent for government approval.

 And yet, it was not possible to avoid getting the "Indian" into the country where the ideal situation developed during the pandemic.  The Israeli Ministry of Health reported that the Indian variant of SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 5 children in five different schools (today these schools are conducting mass testing with sequencing of the virus genome), and these cases, like more than 40 cases of COVID-19 in adults, are  the result of the internal spread of the strain.  At the same time, out of 60 cases of COVID-19 caused by the Indian strain detected on May 3, at least 4 were in vaccinated people.
Sincerely, Lyubov Sultanova.

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