Coronavirus becomes less aggressive, as a result of which in the autumn the second wave may not be. This was stated by RIA Novosti Italian virologist, vice-rector of the University of Milan Vita-Salute San Raffaele Massimo Clementi (Massimo Clementi).
“Back in May, our doctors noted a progressive decrease in the severity of the disease with which hospitalized patients infected with coronavirus were hospitalized. In this case, it was not only about reducing the number of patients but also about reducing the number of patients who needed treatment in the intensive care unit, in particular, in connection with pneumonia. At the same time, the number of infected people who could be treated at home increased, ”said the virologist.
Clementi and his laboratory of microbiology and virology at San Raffaele Hospital conducted a study to justify the changes. It turned out that the viral load in the initial stage of the epidemic was ten times higher than at the end of May. The infection began to flow easier – the number of particles in a certain volume of biological fluid of patients decreased.
According to the professor, improving the clinical picture presumably means that the coronavirus itself is undergoing changes in the direction of weakening. “So far we can’t say this with complete certainty, but most likely this is exactly so,” he stressed.
However, earlier Japanese colleague Akihiro Sato made a different assumption. According to him, the probability of the onset of the second wave of coronavirus is 90 per cent.