Vietnam has discovered a new COVID-19 variant, which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the Indian and British strains, state media reported Saturday.
"We have discovered a new hybrid variant from the Indian and the UK strains," Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long was quoted telling a national meeting on the pandemic Saturday. There were seven known coronavirus variants in Vietnam before Long's announcement, according to the Ministry of Health. Cafes, restaurants, hair salons and massage parlours as well as tourism and religious spots have been ordered to close in various areas of the country.It is now ramping up its jab rollout and hopes to achieve herd immunity by the end of the year, according to the minister for health.
Original virus is Chinese virus.. So variant can be called Chinese Indian or Chinese UK or Chinese Brazil variant n do on.. .... Covid is originally Chinese virus...