The following are the countries that have identified supercovid

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – The world has confirmed that there are two new variants of the Corona virus. The mutation of the virus has landed in several countries.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the new strain of the Corona virus was 70 percent more contagious than the original virus. So far, more than 1,000 cases caused by the new variant of Covid-19 have been identified.

The strain is called VUI-202012/01 and is still being investigated by various members in the country.

Bisnis summarizes which countries have reported the new variant of the Corona virus:

1. Singapore

Singapore’s Ministry of Health confirmed 21 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday (12/23). One of them is a case of the British Corona virus. The first patient with the virus mutation was a 17-year-old Singaporean student who returned from England. The unidentified patient arrived in Singapore on December 6 and was quarantined for two weeks according to protocol.

2. Denmark

Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a new variant of the Corona virus identified in the UK had also been found in several other countries. He said nine positive cases were found in Denmark.

3. Northern Ireland

This country has confirmed the existence of a new variant of the corona virus yesterday, Wednesday (12/23/2020). The Northern Ireland Ministry of Health said in a statement that the new variant of Covid-19 has likely been in Northern Ireland for some time.

4. Israel

Israel found four cases of the new Covid-19 variant on Wednesday (12/23/2020). Three cases of which have just returned from the UK and are currently in isolation at a Covid-19 patient referral hotel, while the fourth case is still being investigated.

5. Holland

Several cases caused by a new variant of Corona have also been found in the Netherlands since Sunday (12/20/2020). The Dutch government sampled coronavirus cases earlier this month and found evidence of a new variant.

6. Australia

Two cases of the new corona virus variant were detected in Australia in two passengers who landed in New South Wales after flying from England.

7. South Africa

The country has announced that the new variant of the Corona virus has created an even more terrible wave of transmission. But experts in this country are not sure that the mutations found are similar to those found in Great Britain.

8. Italy

The Italian Health Ministry reports that it has identified a pair of coronavirus-infected patients with the same strain that mutated in Britain earlier this week. The couple returned to Italy after traveling from England.

9. Gibraltar

The British outermost region of Gibraltar has also identified at least one case linked to the new variant of the coronavirus.