The Department of Health Vietnam reported the discovery of the new version of the coronavirus with the characteristics of the existing British and Indian strains, reports VNExpress edition.
Head of the Office Minister of Health of Vietnam Nguyen Than Long said that the genetic sequencing of analyzes of several patients revealed the presence of two common coronavirus options at once.
It is noted that the Vietnamese hybrid strain of COVID is much more contagious and easily passed through the air, writes the publication.
The publication also reports that in the new version of the coronavirus, the reason for the rapid increase in the number of new cases of the disease recorded in the country is loss.