VIETNAM: Vietnam has detected a new Covid variant that appears to be a combination of the UK and Indian variants and can spread quickly by air, BBC has said quoting officials.
Vietnam’s Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long termed the latest mutation “very dangerous”.
According to the report, viruses mutate all the time and most variants are inconsequential.
Some can make a virus more contagious, the report added.
“Vietnam has uncovered a new Covid-19 variant combining characteristics of the two existing variants first found in India and the UK,” Nguyen said, according to Reuters.
Nguyen also added the new hybrid variant was more transmissible than previously known versions, especially in the air.
(With inputs from BBC)
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