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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The spread of the latest variation of the Covid-19 virus that was first developed in the UK continues to occur. Even the countries closest to Indonesia have just confirmed the existence of this case in their country.
This mutation is said to make children a susceptible group to this virus, as does susceptibility to adults.
This has been confirmed by researchers from the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threat Advisory Group or NERVTAG and Imperial College London epidemiologist Neil Ferguson. Researchers have seen the trend of the virus to be transmitted to children in the data. But he added that they have not established causality for this.
The researchers also mentioned that the transmission rate of this type of virus was 70% higher than the previous strain in the UK.
Singapore has also confirmed 11 people who have tested positive for the virus. He said they had just traveled from the UK on December 6 and that they have been in quarantine ever since and tested positive on December 8.
“There is currently no evidence that the B117 strain is circulating in the community,” Singapore’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday night, citing Reuters, on Thursday (12/24/2020).
All of his close contacts have been quarantined, including all luggage imported from Europe that has been quarantined for 14 days in a special facility or isolated upon arrival.
