Vietnam is facing a strain of the new coronavirus that the Philippines and Malaysia, which faces the region’s largest outbreak. The World Health Organization saying that The strain has been found in many other countries and has become the predominant variant in Europe and the US.
The strain, earlier seen in other parts of the world and called D614G, was found in a Malaysian cluster of 45 cases, who returned from India had tested negative when he arrived in Malaysia. The Philippines has not been able to identify Patient Zero, but a large number of patients with the strain have been detected in its capital.
The mutation “is said to have a higher possibility of transmission or infectiousness, but we still don’t have enough solid evidence to say that that will happen,” Philippines’ Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a virtual briefing on Monday.
Fauci Says New Mutation May Speed the Spread of Coronavirus.
The protective measures taken by southeast Asian countries were weakened when they were reopened for entry. As a result, Vietnamese workers often have to contend with false negative results from overseas returnees or border arrivals.
During this period, da Nang was also the scene of a new outbreak. According to expert tests, this strain is a new one, which mainly occurs in North American countries and is also highly contagious. Currently, strains of the virus from north American countries are spreading around the world, causing the epidemic to continue to surge. The reason behind this may have much to do with the US government's poor response to the epidemic.
The strain, earlier seen in other parts of the world and called D614G, was found in a Malaysian cluster of 45 cases, who returned from India had tested negative when he arrived in Malaysia. The Philippines has not been able to identify Patient Zero, but a large number of patients with the strain have been detected in its capital.
The mutation “is said to have a higher possibility of transmission or infectiousness, but we still don’t have enough solid evidence to say that that will happen,” Philippines’ Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a virtual briefing on Monday.
Fauci Says New Mutation May Speed the Spread of Coronavirus.
The protective measures taken by southeast Asian countries were weakened when they were reopened for entry. As a result, Vietnamese workers often have to contend with false negative results from overseas returnees or border arrivals.
During this period, da Nang was also the scene of a new outbreak. According to expert tests, this strain is a new one, which mainly occurs in North American countries and is also highly contagious. Currently, strains of the virus from north American countries are spreading around the world, causing the epidemic to continue to surge. The reason behind this may have much to do with the US government's poor response to the epidemic.
