The Covid-19 virus in five clusters in the country involving the Benteng LD, Sivagangga, Tawar, Sungai and Bukit Tiram clusters was found having the D614G mutation, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
“IMR conducted genome sequencing test on 32 Covid-19 virus detected from isolation tests and Covid-19 virus culture for Benteng LD cluster , PUI Sivagangga cluster , Tawar cluster , Sungai cluster and Bukit Tiram cluster .Earlier, Dr Noor Hisham was reported as saying that the Covid-19 D614G mutation virus was found to be 10 times more infectious and could easily infect if spread by a super spreader individual in the Sivagangga cluster.
However, he said all 23 Covid-19 virus from the Benteng LD cluster were found to be similar to each other but not related with the outbreak virus found in Kedah even though all of them have D614G mutation.
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