Coronavirus mutations may generate a dangerous variant like Ebola

Berlin / Tel Aviv – The World Medical Association warned that if the mutations in the Coronavirus continue, a variant as dangerous as Ebola may come to the fore. While warning, the President of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery, cited that the changes in the structure of the Coronavirus must stop. A variant of Covid called Omicron, which surfaced just a few days ago, is said to be the most lethal variant ever in the epidemics that have come.

In an interview with a German daily, Montgomery pointed to the possibility of a lethal variant coming to the fore in the future. ‘We still don’t know exactly how dangerous it is, but it seems like [Ómicron] it is spreading rapidly. My great concern is that it may be a variant as infectious as Delta and as dangerous as Ebola. We must not give the virus a chance to mutate. We are aware that we will have to continue vaccinating for the next few years,’ said the President of the World Medical Association.

The Ebola virus was first detected in the African continent in the 1970s and 1980s. After that, the epidemic consistently hit the African continent, and the largest one came in West Africa between 2014 and 2016. It had killed more than 11,000 people. The mortality rate of infected from the Ebola virus is as much as 50%. Some variants of the virus have proven very lethal, with a mortality rate found up to 90%. Given this background, Montgomery’s warning leads to a major concern.

Meanwhile, the new ‘Omicron’ variant of Covid, discovered in South Africa last week, has created a climate of fear in the international community. Found in just four countries last week, the variant has now spread across over ten countries. These involve South Africa and Botswana along with Israel, Hong Kong, Australia, Belgium, Britain, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Germany; therein. It is said that patients suspected to be infected with the variant were also found in France and Austria.

Most of the countries in the world, including countries where the infected patients have been found, have begun to impose new restrictions on international travel. Israel has announced a two-week ban on the arrival of all foreign travellers. The US, alongside most European and Asian countries have imposed new rules, including bans for travellers coming from African countries. South Africa has expressed intense resentment on the sanctions. Though no Omicron patient has been detected in the United States, the infection might have already spread to the US, medical experts have signalled.

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