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The two new variants are B.1.222 and B.1.619.
Van Dinh Trang, head of the Microbiology and Molecular Biology Ward under the hospital, told the Suc khoe & Doi song (Health and Life) newspaper that the B.1.222 variant had appeared in 11 countries, but was most common in the UK and particularly Scotland. This strain has many mutations on the spike protein different from the Indian strain B.1.617.2.
Variant B.1.222 was discovered when the hospital’s Covid-19 research team sequenced the SARS-CoV-2 gene from the oropharyngeal specimen of a 29-year-old patient, a Ukrainian expert. The patient was quarantined immediately after entering Vietnam.
Variant B.1.619 has spike protein similar to Indian strain B.1.617.2. Variant B.1.619 appeared in many countries, possibly originating from Cameroon and then spreading to Europe.
Hanoi’s National Hospital for Tropical Diseases has discovered two new variants of SARS-CoV-2 after gene sequencing of patient samples. The two new variants are B.1.222 and B.1.619.
Vietnam ascribes industrial park outbreaks to new Indian variant
By Le Nga, Chi Le May 19, 2021 | 03:30 pm GMT+7
A medical worker handles vials containing samples for Covid-19 testing in HCMC, May 13, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa.
The coronavirus variant wreaking havoc in Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, associated with large-scale industrial parks, is Indian B.1.617.2.
Vietnam s latest Covid-19 wave that broke late last month has seen 1,539 community cases recorded in 28 cities and provinces. Bac Giang and Bac Ninh have recorded 527 and 332 cases respectively within mere days, owing to coronavirus hotspots associated with the provinces industrial parks, which employ thousands of workers.