The head of the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Helge Brown stated that the next new COVID-19 mutation could be immune to the existing virus vaccines. About it reports Bild Am Sonntag.
“If in parallel with vaccination, the number of infection will again grow quickly, will increase the risk that the next mutation of the virus becomes an immune to the vaccine, then we would stay with empty hands. We would need new vaccines, vaccination would have to start anew,” he said .
Brown stressed that such a scenario should be avoided “at any cost.” According to him, now Germany is experiencing “the most acute phase” and the third wave of a coronavirus infection pandemic can be worse than the second.
Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking about the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, said he sees the light at the end of the tunnel. She stressed that in the current situation, one criticism would not achieve anything, it is necessary to act. The German leader called on people to optimism and resistance. “It will take several months, but the light is already visible at the end of the tunnel. We will defeat the virus,” the politician said.