The UK thought it was out of business. On April 5, Boris Johnson celebrated the reopening of the roofs with his men by taking a pint of beer in hand. Proudly arguing for a vigorous vaccination campaign, 69% of the population can be vaccinated with the first dose, the British Prime Minister demonstrates his strategy on the European continent as an example. Announced an ideal, dreamed and then shattered by the surprise arrival of the Indian version.

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The double mutation was classified as “worrisome” by the WHO this week, leaving the country with 250,000 dead, being responsible for the outbreak of the epidemic in India. It has been detected in 44 countries, including France, where 24 clusters were declared by Public Health France in its final report on 13 May. But measures taken by all countries are now proving insufficient to stop its spread. In Europe, the United Kingdom leads to more than 1,300 cases from this discovered mutation. A study conducted by Imperial College London showed that it had a presence in 6.8% of the 130,000 Britons tested between 15 April and 3 May. The results that alert British health authorities.

Increasing concern of British officials

“The fact that this version is moving so fast, while we are still in a phase of social sanctions, is very worrying”, Said Professor Paul Hunter of the University of East Anglia. A concern shared by Boris Johnson, who called his government to a crisis meeting at the Ministry of Health on Thursday, 13 May, authorized meetings and indoor meals two days before a new critical phase of the British deconfirmation. Upon completion, Secretary of State Nadim Zahavi indicated that doctors would study “How to modify Vaccination campaign to make it as effective as possible in the event of variant outbreak“. In a week, the number of cases resulting from Indian mutation has increased by 60%.

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So the British executive said he was ready to take “Any new useful solution“. These also include greater sequencing of positive tests, opening vaccination for young people or bringing the second dose closer. Cases of the Indian version are mainly concentrated in the north-west of England such as Bolton or Blackburn, but also in London, Local imprisonment is also being considered. “Nothing excluded“Slipped to British Prime Minister, supplemented by Health Minister, who announced to follow”Very close to this situation“. It is not the only British officer to oversee the re-onset of this epidemic.

At the dawn of the fourth wave?

«In France, we must be especially vigilant about what is happening in the United Kingdom, otherwise the same will happen to us.», Warns Professor Jillali Annan, head of the intensive care unit at Raymond-Poincaré Hospital in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine). If the Indian version is currently broadcast on French soil very rarely, including “Most of the episodes reported so far have been related to cases of returning from living in India.“, According to Public Health France,”It should not be ignored“. To Professor Jillali Annane,”We may be in the same position as last January with the British version“And thus we have to face the outbreak of an epidemic next September”If we do nothing“That’s why the epidemiologist says”Steps».

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«The Indian version requires large-scale screening measures and very strict isolation in the event of a positive result.“If indexing ability is often criticized in France,”It should be very strong», Dependent on British strength. In fact, our neighbors are pioneers throughout the channel and have invested heavily in this scientific technology, which has become necessary to better identify the presence and spread of emerging forms. “It will also have to be held internationally, Says Professor Anne-Claude Cremix, an infectious disease specialist at St. Louis Hospital in Paris. Today, there is a need for complete transparency among scientists around the world for better knowledge sharing.», Including the effectiveness of vaccines.

Possibly Less Effective Vaccines

Unlike France where 85% of people have received the dose of the messenger RNA vaccine (Pfizer and Modern), the United Kingdom relies primarily on vaccination based on AstraZeneca. Can a connection be made between selected vaccines and recovering from epidemics? “It is a possibility“Jillali considers Annan, who watches”A worrying indirect indicator that may testify to the ineffectiveness of the vaccination campaign“. Being extremely cautious in the absence of some scientific data, Anne-Claude Cremix moves on:”To achieve mass immunity, it would be necessary to move towards 100% vaccination based on messenger RNA, She completes, As in israel».

Awaiting the conclusion of the British and Indian studies conducted this week, the European Medicine Agency (EMA) remains confident that “So far, overall vaccines will be effective against this typeWith greater certainty for RNA messenger vaccines. For its part, WHO states “Immediate new strong study»To determine its actual effects and the best means of limiting its spread. However, Professor Zillali Annan recalls that “Vaccine protection today is not enough: As long as the virus escapes from one region of the world, the mutation could threaten a global vaccination campaign.»