If the world’s population is immunised in time, the coronavirus infection will soon become a completely different disease and become a cause of seasonal colds, Professor Paul Hunter of the University of East Anglia Medical School in Norwich told The Spectator magazine
According to the professor, COVID-19 will not go anywhere and will continue to infect humanity but there will be a balance between immunity and infection. Hunter noted that since the lifting of quarantine restrictions in Britain, the daily increase in the number of cases has gradually started to fall.
According to experts, the symptoms of coronavirus infection will gradually approach those seen in mild COVID-19 cases. Hunter stressed that at present, the delta strain most often manifests as a common cold: a runny nose and sore throat.
“The new strains are fraught with problems – they are either much more contagious or bypass established immunity. However, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the delta strain could be the endpoint of the virus”, – Hunter believes.
The worst part of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us in some countries, he said, but the population will need revaccination anyway. Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), stressed the importance of timely vaccination: in all countries, at least 10% of citizens should be immunized by September this year.
Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), earlier said that the Russian vaccine against coronavirus infection Sputnik V may be approved by the WHO as early as autumn 2021. The Russian drug is based on a well-studied adenovirus platform providing high efficacy and safety.