The sources consulted for the drafting of this article are the official sites of the Ministry of Health, the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control). .
which from the end of 2020 to the beginning of 2021 arouses particular concern in our country.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the current pandemic and the respiratory syndrome known as COVID-19 tends to mutate, giving rise to the so-called "variants". While some mutations seem "insignificant", on the other there are mutations that take on a certain relevance at the health level. This is precisely the case with the English variant.
Note: The other variants closely monitored are the Brazilian variant and the South African variant.
viral called "spike", that is the protein that allows the virus to "attach" to the cells of the host.
