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The next Covid variant could kill up to one in THREE people: SAGE warns doomsday scenario is ‘realistic possibility’ and UK’s vaccine roll-out may even speed up mutant strain’s emergence
SAGE today warns a future Covid mutant strain could be as deadly as MERS
No10’s expert panel say coronavirus mutates most when it is in high prevalence
Group warns strains could become more resistant to vaccines and antivirals
By JOE DAVIES PUBLISHED: 14:56 EDT, 30 July 2021
FTA
A doomsday new Covid variant that could kill UP TO one in three people is a ‘realistic possibility’, according to the Government’s top scientists.
Documents published by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) today warned a future strain could be as deadly as MERS — which which has a case fatality rate of 35 per cent — could be on the way.
No10’s expert panel It said the likelihood of the virus mutating is highest when it is most prevalent — as is currently the case in Britain.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9844701/SAGE-Covid-variant-kill-one-three-people.html