A treatment establishment in Hai Duong province (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A new and more contagious variant of COVID-19 from
the UK was found in patients in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang
Ninh, according to the .
Eleven out of the 16 samples tested by scientists from the institute has 17
signature mutations of the that was first
discovered in the UK in December 2020.
The new virus strain is said to spread more quickly than previous variants of
the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. It has caused a surge in the number of COVID-19 infections in
the UK as well as other European countries. The variant has been present in 60
countries worldwide as of January 17.
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City said on February 1 that Patient 1,660 from the northern province of Hai Duong was infected with the
B.1.1.7 strain. He is under treatment at the city’s Cu Chi COVID-19 treatment hospital.
Earlier, a female worker from Vietnam Poyun Electronics Co.,Ltd was found with
the B.1.1.7 variant when arriving in Japan last month.
The highly contagious coronavirus variant that originate in South Africa was
also found in an important case in December 2020, according to the the National
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Vietnam has so far recorded 1,851
. Of the total, 964 were locally-transmitted cases,
including 271 linked with Hai Duong since the latest coronavirus outbreak hit
the province on January 27./.
Source: VietnamPlus
