'The new variant is very dangerous.'
Vietnam's Health Ministry announced Saturday that it had detected a highly transmissible new variant of the coronavirus that has helped fuel a recent wave of covid-19 infections in the country.
Scientists said that further study was needed to determine the effect of a variant in "real world settings." Vietnam, which has reported around 6,400 covid-19 infections and 47 deaths, has been one of the world's coronavirus containment success stories. A well-run public health care system, quarantine camps operated by the military and strict, targeted lockdowns kept case numbers low until late April, when a spike in infections began.
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