Indonesia has seen a surge in infections as the D614G mutation of coronavirus has been discovered in the country, which is more infectious but less deadly, experts say
The southern Asian country reported 2,858 new infections on Sunday, data by the health ministry showed, below the previous day's record 3,308 but above the past month's daily average.The "infectious but milder" D614G mutation of the virus has been found in genome sequencing data from samples collected by the institute, deputy director Herawati Sudoyo said, adding that more study is required to determine whether that was behind the recent rise in cases.
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