Published 13:55 IST, August 25th 2021

COVID-22 Variant: Expert warns of possible deadlier variant; Here's all you need to know

Prof Doctor Sai Reddy raised an alarm that the world needs to be ready for a deadlier coronavirus strain in 2022 and said that the mutation is 'inevitable'.

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As world continues to battle Delta coronavirus variant, a Zurich-based immulogist has warned people of possibility of a new, even delier COVID-19 variant plaguing world. Professor Doctor Sai Reddy raised an alarm that world needs to be rey for a delier strain in 2022. He said that it was "inevitable" for coronavirus to mutate and become more dangerous than Delta, Beta, and Gamma strains.

Are vaccinations t eugh?

Speaking to Sun, Prof Reddy said, "COVID-22 ( new coronavirus strain he expects in 2022) could get worse than what we are witnessing w. If such a variant appears, we have to recognize it as early as possible and vaccine manufacturers have to apt vaccine quickly. emergence of this new variant is a big risk. We have to prepare for it." He ded, "We cant solely rely on vaccinations as y are just a part of fight against virus. We may require booster shots and more than one vaccination for rest of our lives."

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Explaining why he believes COVID-22 would be a dely menace, Reddy said that it is natural for any virus to mutate as long as it continues spreing. Prof Reddy isn't only expert who foresees a delier coronavirus strain in future. 

Speaking to BBC, Dr Chris Smith, consultant virologist, and lecturer at Cambridge University said, "We all agree that ( pandemic) is t over until it is over in every corner of world because orwise, it will just come roaring back." He ded, "Don't forget we think that this started with a handful of cases in one city, in one corner of one country… and it n eclipsed entire world. But one must t take one’s eye off ball here because it would be very easy to unstitch all of good work we’ve done so far if it turns out with time we do lose immunity because vaccines wane in ir effectiveness."

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11:37 IST, August 25th 2021