Dr. Christian Dorsten, a German virologist, who developed the world's first corona diagnostic experiment, made alarming predictions about the Coronavirus over the near future.
Dorsten predicted that the virus will now begin to spread effectively with a new wave of infections, warning of a difficult winter coming.
Dorsten is the director of the Institute of Virology at the Charity Hospital in Berlin, and in 2003 he was one of the discoverers of the SARS virus.
At the beginning of 2020, he developed the first test in the world to diagnose "SARS Cove-2 -2, the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Since the beginning of the pandemic, it has become known as an expert among a very wide audience in Germany.
He indicated that it is difficult to predict infection trends or rates globally.
He revealed that there are different and difficult situations in Europe, and the winter season will not be easy.
The virologist went on to sat that by the next year, vaccines will be available, and he thinks that pandemic will continue until the end of next year until the vaccine is available to specific groups of society.
The world will not get rid of the pandemic quickly even the countries start getting vaccinated, the largest portion of the population will have to use masks.
In countries such as Germany, where there are few infections, there will be no widespread immunity, and this may apply to other European countries as well, and it is difficult to launch special estimates in other regions of the world.
In Africa it seems that the development of the disease is less dangerous, and this may belong to the young age structure; but now we're only looking at the urban centers where a lot of young people live.
The virologist added that experts do not know how the virus develops when it spreads in the countryside, and they do not know the epidemic situation there, as there is data indicating that infections are declining but we don't know.
Can we generalize this thing in cities, the epidemic may weaken; but it could also start now with an actual spread?
The virologist pointed out that India is one of the greatest concern at the moment, as it is densely populated and the virus is spreading there.
The German professor went on to say that the Coronavirus is almost sweeping in India without control.
The virus also threatens areas in South America, and the African continent is currently a small mystery.
In the northern part of the globe comes winter, and there are areas including Europe where there is limited control over the virus as some countries transfer many cases of corona infection to the winter season because trust in medical infrastructure and healthcare is limited, and there are countries in Europe that must soon take tougher measures.
The professor stressed that Germany did not face serious challenges due to the direct and decisive deal at the beginning of the first wave, and the approach of Chancellor Angela Merkel at the time, and in the meantime, the solidarity of the German states declined somewhat.
But the crucial aspect is that Germany reacted early, not in terms of history.
The health authorities have taken timely such as imposing tight restrictions on communication and sometimes quarantine were imposed, in comparison with the actual development of the epidemic.
Thanks to the laboratory experiences and the wide availability of tests, Germany can be distinguished from other countries, and another reason is that the pandemic began to spread.
The first cases of Corona coming from abroad did not develop into a pandemic in January.
Rather, the deadly virus began to spread from the end of February, and the cases coming from abroad could not be controlled.
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