New coronavirus variant found in another patient in Vietnam
The new, highly infectious variant of COVID-19 from the UK has been discovered in another patient in Vietnam, announced the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1.
Specimen collection for SARS-CoV-2 testing in the northern province of Hai Duong. (Photo: VNA)
Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – The new, highly infectious variant of COVID-19 from the UK has been discovered in another patient in Vietnam, announcedthe Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1.
The virus found in the 28-year-old Patient 1660 from the northern province of Hai Duong has 17 signature mutations of the super-spreaderB.1.1.7 strain that has caused recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the UK and theEurope, according to an analysis by a group of researchers from the Hospitalfor Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City and the Oxford University Clinical ResearchUnit (OUCRU).
The patient is under treatment at the city’s Cu Chi FieldHospital.
The strain is believed to be more easilytransmissible than the original one and it is highly likely that it is thedominant source of infection in Hai Duong, Vietnam’s largest COVID-19 hotspotat the moment where more than 200 new cases have been detected since January27.
Vietnam reported one COVID-19 infection in Hai Duong overthe last 12 hours, from 6:00pm on February 1 to 6:00am from February 2,according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The new case took the national count to 1,851, including 964community infections. The number of cases linked to fresh COVID-19 outbreakssince January 27 reached 271. Fatalities remained at 35./.
Vietnam recorded 31 new COVID-19 infections, including one imported case, over the last 12 hours from 6am on February 1, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Vietnam reported another COVID-19 infection in the community, and detected no imported cases within the past 12 hours as of 6am on February 2, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Specimen collection for SARS-CoV-2 testing in the northern province of Hai Duong. (Photo: VNA)
