Promising news about the new Corona strain and the effectiveness of the vaccine

After the emergence of a more virulent strain of the Corona virus in Britain, the German government announced yesterday evening, Sunday, that European Union experts have reached the conclusion that the current vaccines against the Corona virus are effective in combating the new strain of Covid-19.

“Based on everything we know so far, and following meetings that took place between experts of the European authorities,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, told ZDF public television channel, “There is no effect (of the new strain) on vaccines.” which is still "effective".

"That would be very good news," he added. He was referring in particular to the vaccine of the Pfizer-Biontech alliance, which was used by several countries in the world and is expected to be approved by the European Medicines Agency soon.

In addition, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health stated that the meeting of experts of the European Union countries on the issue took place on Sunday, in which representatives of the German Health Surveillance Administration participated.

Where did the new corona virus first appear?

It is noteworthy that the new strain of the virus appeared, especially in Britain, and prompted several European countries to suspend flights from this country, while London announced the tightening of closure procedures in some areas of England.

A few injuries were also recorded in Denmark, and one in the Netherlands and Australia, according to the World Health Organization.

In addition, Germany, as the rotating president of the European Union, called for a crisis meeting Monday of experts representing different countries with the aim of coordinating their response to this new danger, according to the spokesman.

The meeting falls within the framework of what is known as the “European Crisis Situations Mechanism” to which the Union resorts to confront health, environmental or even terrorist risks.