New COVID-19 variant detected. It is a combination of British and Indian

A variant of the coronavirus has been discovered in Vietnam, which is a mix of Indian and British strains. Research has shown that it replicates very quickly. Vietnam, until recently little affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, is currently facing a sharp rise in the disease. Within a month, the number of infections doubled.

1. Of the very large number of COVID-19 variants, global health organizations have identified a few as particularly dangerous, including the UK and India
2. The British were responsible for the recent coronavirus wave in Europe, while the Indian one has recently wreaked havoc in India
3. Now a new strain has been discovered in Vietnam that is a mixture of these variants
4. It replicates very quickly, said the Vietnamese Minister of Health
5. More information can be found on the Onet homepage.

New Coronavirus Variant – Indian and British Combination

Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has reported that a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected, which is a mixture of the Indian (B.1.617) and British (B.1.1.7) strains of COVID-19, writes Reuters after the VnExpress service.

Both of these variants are more contagious than the “standard” variant of SARS-CoV-2, they spread extremely quickly by air. The British variant in the spring was responsible for a new wave of cases in Europe, while the Indian variant caused the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in India – up to several hundred thousand infections were recorded daily.

The B.1.617 strain is also starting to dominate in the UK. Britain, which is also struggling with an increase in new coronavirus cases.

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Coronavirus in Vietnam

Vietnam avoided the high wave of coronavirus last year. During the summer, only a few dozen new cases of COVID-19 were discovered daily, with deaths no more than four in a day. In total, 35 people died there from the coronavirus last year, a number that has remained the same until recently.

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In May, there was a sharp increase in the incidence. Since the beginning of the month, the total number of those infected in Vietnam has doubled – from 2. 952 up to 6 570. Cases were found in 31 out of 63 cities and provinces.

“After sequencing the genes of newly detected patients, we discovered a new variant that was a mix of Indian and British variants,” said Nguyen Thanh Long. “More specifically, it is an Indian variant with mutations that originally belonged to the British variant,” he added.

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So far, seven variants of the virus have been discovered in this country – apart from B.1.617.2 (Indian), B.1.1.7 (British) and B.1.351 (South African), also less dangerous B.1.222, B.1.619, D614G and A. 23.1.

«Laboratory cultures of the new variant, which is much more transferable than the previously known types, have shown that the virus replicates very quickly. That explains why so many new cases appeared in different locations in a short time, Long said.

So far, there have been 6 jobs in Vietnam. 570 COVID-19 cases and 47 deaths.

So far, 97 million vaccinations have been performed in Vietnam, 10,3 million people. Two doses were received by only 30. citizens of that country.

British and Indian variants – what do we know about them?

British variant marked with the symbol B.1.1.7 (or VOC 202012/0) was first identified in London and Kent in September 2020. According to the researchers, this variant has more than 20 mutations, of which it is the key one N50Y.

It is the most widespread variant of COVID-19 in the world. It appeared in over 130 countries, in Europe it is responsible for the third wave of the pandemic.

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The British variant is more than 50-70 percent more contagious. than in the case of the basic one, it is also said to be 60 percent. higher mortality, although not all studies support this thesis. However, when it comes to its resistance to currently used vaccines, it is only slightly higher.

Indian variant (B.1.617) It was first discovered in December 2021, but it wasn’t until March that it didn’t get more attention from experts. It has, among others mutations E484Q, L452R i P681R, the former is also available in Brazilian and South African variants, the latter in Californian. B.1.617 in India had already displaced the dominant British variant and caused an unprecedented wave of infections. It is also starting to dominate the UK. Britain, some time ago it was also discovered in Poland.

The Indian variant is more infectious than basic, and is considered “escape” from current vaccines, but there is no evidence yet of a higher mortality rate.

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