Covid-19 could be together until 2023, leading scientists warn of three years of misery

How led scientists COVID-19 The spread between households warns that killer bugs will affect our lives for another three years.

Professor Hendrik Streeck said the spikes seen in Scotland over the past few weeks are inevitable in the foreseeable future, and that the public should get used to it.

Leading virologists in Germany say that the hope for a vaccine is not guaranteed and people must be prepared to change their daily lives-he said we would still be fighting the virus in 2023. believe.

Ban on visiting other households was reintroduced to Glasgow, With East Renfrewshire West Dunbartonshire This week, following an increase in cases related to residential indoor gatherings.

The first Prime Minister Nikola Sturgeon urged not to ignore coronavirus regulations, warned of more stringent crackdowns, and expressed concern that schools could be forced to eradicate the infection.

Streak led the response to the pandemic in Heinsberg, one of Germany’s worst hit districts.

He and his team used the town of Gangerto to study how the virus spreads and is contained.

Experts, directors of the University of Bonn’s Institute of Virology and HIV Research, said cracking down on house parties could delay the infection.

Last week it was revealed that police attacked a 12-bedroom property in Midlothian, which was used to host a party with 300 guests.

Streeck said: It is now a part of our daily lives.

“It’s here three years later and we have to find a way to live with it.

“But it’s really important to stop the hyperdiffusion event, where so many people come together because it can cause a large-scale outbreak. You don’t get together in big groups and cover your face, I know that distances can have serious consequences for infections.

“These are simple tools that can help stop the spread of the infection if the level of the infection is high.”

The Streak study, published in April, conducted swab and antibody tests on 919 randomly selected individuals from 405 households in Gangert, near the German border.
Netherlands.

His team found that Covid-19’s mortality rate was much lower than originally thought, at 0.37%.

It also revealed that ten times more people may have acquired immunity than previously thought. He said: “It was an opportunity to see the epidemic and at the same time understand how it could spread among its population.

“Most infectious diseases occur in large gatherings and homes.

“There were 44% of participants at the carnival
Celebration of being infected with the coronavirus. Almost half of them attended that night.

“We found that 15% of the population in the town was infected, and we already had the coronavirus.

“It’s hard to say if you have immunity, but I have found immunity. It is very likely that you have immunity after a coronavirus infection, but I can’t say for sure.”

Germany has killed 9,401 people associated with the coronavirus.

The country is believed to have managed the coronavirus crisis better than other parts of Europe
With rigorous testing, infection and mortality can be kept low.

However, new cases have increased in recent weeks. Delaying the increase, the government has ruled out a winter blockade.

There is no vaccine for Covid-19, but clinical trials are in progress worldwide.

Streak said the vaccine was “highly likely to be discovered,” but said there were doubts about how long and how effective the vaccine would be.

He also said that people developing a herd’s immunity to fight the virus sounded “terrible,” but they are essential in reducing infection rates.

He said: “Vaccines may be the answer, but we don’t know. It’s likely that you will get the vaccine, but it could be next year or later.”

Experts add:

“But it’s also really helpful in delaying the infection.”

A Scottish government spokesman said: Watch the cases start to increase.

“We must do everything possible to prevent it from spreading from person to person and from household to household in the first place.”