Vietnam detects new hybrid of two COVID variants
Vietnam’s health minister says new strain combines variants first identified in UK and India, and lab tests suggest hybrid may sp Authorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a hybrid of strains found in India and the United Kingdom, an official said. Nguyen Thanh Long, the Vietnamese health minister, told a government meeting on Saturday that scientists found the new variant after examining the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients. The Southeast Asian country had previously detected seven virus variants: B.1.222, B.1.619, D614G, B.1.1.7 – the variant first found in UK, B.1.351, A.23.1 and B.1.617.2 – the one detected in India. “Our country office is working with the Ministry of Health in Vietnam and we expect more information soon.” From the WHO’s current understanding, the variant detected in Vietnam was the B.1.617.2 variant, the variant first identified in India, possibly with an additional mutation, she said.
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