Vietnam has discovered a new variant of the coronavirus. It is a combination that is supposed to spread particularly quickly. Corona mass tests are now to start.
Hanoi – To curb the spread of the corona virus, Vietnam is planning corona mass tests. The Vietnamese authorities want to have the entire population of Ho Chi Minh City tested for the corona virus. This was reported by the state media on Sunday. The former Saigon is the largest city in the Southeast Asian country with a population of 13 million. Mayor Nguyen Than Long said, according to a report in the newspaper VnExpress , that a test program should start with 100,000 tests per day. In addition, stricter distance rules will apply again in the metropolis from Monday.
Vietnam had come through the pandemic comparatively well with low case numbers. By Sunday there were only 7,107 infections, of which more than 4,000 had only occurred since the end of April. The number of corona deaths is given as 47. Here you will find an overview of the corona numbers in Germany, Austria, Spain, France, India and the USA.
Vietnam: New highly contagious corona mutation discovered
On Saturday, the state media reported that a new variant of the corona virus had been discovered in Vietnam. It has properties of known variants * that were first found in India and Great Britain. According to the authorities, the variant newly discovered in Vietnam is very easy to transfer, especially via the air. As the British The Guardian reports, Long announced that it would soon publish genome data for the newly discovered variants. (dpa / ml) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
