Posted on 05/29/2021 7:09:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
HANOI, Vietnam—Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the UK, the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday.
Nguyen Thanh Long said scientists examined the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients, and found the new version of the virus. He said lab tests suggested it might spread more easily than other versions of the virus.
Viruses often develop small genetic changes as they reproduce, and new variants of the coronavirus have been seen almost since it was first detected in China in late 2019. The World Health Organization has listed four global “variants of concern”—the two first found in the UK and India, plus ones identified in South Africa and Brazil.
Long says the new variant could be responsible for a recent surge in Vietnam, which has spread to 30 of the country’s 63 municipalities and provinces.
Vietnam was initially a standout success in battling the virus—in early May, it had recorded just over 3,100 confirmed cases and 35 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
But in the last few weeks, Vietnam has confirmed more than 3,500 new cases and 12 deaths, increasing the country’s total death toll to 47.
Most of the new transmissions were found in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, two provinces dense with industrial zones where hundreds of thousands of people work for major companies including Samsung, Canon, and Luxshare, a partner in assembling Apple products. Despite strict health regulations, a company in Bac Giang discovered that one-fifth of its 4,800 workers had tested positive for the virus.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest metropolis and home to 9 million, at least 85 people have tested positive as part of a cluster at a Protestant church, the Health Ministry said.
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This is all perfectly natural, Dr Falsi said so.
Oh nose!
Vietnam is basically in lockdown now.
Mumber of cases is still small here, but not really anyone has received an anti-virus yet here.
About two percent of the population has received a vaccine I believe.
RE: Number of cases is still small here,
You use the word “here”. Are you in Vietnam?
Yes.
Have been since before the last US election, which I (did) vote in.
:)
Yes, he is.
Would that be racist?
Oh nose
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The FEAR campaign continues.
Oh sorry, last two elections...
I am here now. For the time being.
For some reason the fear is rampant in SE Asia. Thailand went on full shut down for less than 1000 Covid flu deaths....go figure.
https://twitter.com/macroliter/status/1398797140328173570
Debunked.
Like many countries who have had good success keeping the virus out- or locked down...
They now have no natural immunity to protect them and haven’t yet vaccinated.
It’s gonna be tough for them for a while.
Though they may never have the toll we did.
Okay, now that’s funny. I’ve had to explain “full Brazilian” to more than a few people.
So now the virus is mating producing “hybrids”? I understand variants, but hybrids...uhh, no.
I think it is an accurate sketch
;-)
For some reason the fear is rampant in SE Asia. Thailand went on full shut down for less than 1000 Covid flu deaths....go figure.
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Americans of Asian extraction seem to favor distancing and mask wearing — even more than college educated white women. Have they been more conditioned to social confrmity?
Is a new vaccine in the works for the third jab?
They just don’t quit.
Asians are (very) into masks.
Bigtime.
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