World stock markets collapsed against the background of a new strain of coronavirus. The indices of the leading stock exchange of Russia, South Korea, Japan, China and Europe collapsed. This is evidenced by the Innvesting.com data.
Japanese Nikkei 225 index lost 2.53 percent, Chinese SSE Composite – 0.56 percent, South Korean Kospi – 1.47 percent. The Mosbier index fell 2.74 percent to 3,839.52 points, and the RTS index is 4.19 percent to 1,595.98 points. The same happens with the stock markets of Europe. The chief European EURO STOXX 50 stock index has lost 3.66 percent. The CAC 40 index fell by 4.8 percent, the British FTSE 100 is 3.44 percent, the German DAX is 3.04 percent, the Italian FTSE MIB is 3.28 percent, Spanish IBEX 35 – by 3.56 percent.
On November 25, it became known that a new strain of Coronavirus B.1.1.529 was discovered in South Africa. Local scientists are not sure if existing vaccines can withstand this form COVID-19, which also revealed in Hong Kong and Botswana. The World Health Organization (WHO) has already announced that he will convene an emergency meeting due to a new strain. Pre-analysis B.1.1.529 revealed a large number of mutations.
Due to the detected strain, the United Kingdom canceled flights with Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia, Esvatini and South Africa. The Government of Israel thought about the same extent, where on November 26, the first infection was recorded with a new strain. He was revealed from the Israeli citizen who returned from Malawi.