In Italy “there are no reasons for alarm for the Indian variant of the Sars-Cov2 virus. What is happening in India” with dramatic news arriving from the country and “with the great increase in cases, it is not proven that it is exclusively due to This variant. We know that in the country, as in all countries, there are many variations. The problem with India is that it is a country with a very high population density and that it is difficult to strengthen the containment measures. Indian is completely different from ours. ” The virologist explains it to Adnkronos Giovanni Maga, director of the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Cnr of Pavia.
Maga also recalls that these variants “have been around for months, but in Western countries there have been very few cases. And there are no signs that there is an expansion taking place either.”
The Indian variant, therefore, “does not seem capable, in any way, of changing the picture of our epidemic. We must remember that we are in a situation where there is a virus that is still circulating significantly, the dominant strain is that English that we know is more contagious. What we need, and is sufficient, is to keep the rules of prudence. With mask, distance and hygiene. This protects us against any variant “, concludes Maga.