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Experts say that if the new strain spreads to the community, not well controlled, it can infect many people in a short time.
Vietnam has recorded the first case of Covid-19 infected with a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a 1435 patient.
The new variant, called VOC 202012/01, is a new strain reported in the UK on December 11 and officially confirmed by UK health officials on December 14.
Patient 1435 is a 44-year-old woman, originally from Tra Vinh, and from England who entered Can Tho airport on December 22 with 305 other people. Of which 147 isolators were concentrated in Tra Vinh province, 137 isolators were concentrated in Vinh Long, 17 isolated people in the city. Can Tho and 4 isolated people in the city. HCM City.
On this flight, 7 cases of Covid-19 were recorded, of which 5 were in Vinh Long (patient 1429-1432) and 2 patients were isolated in Tra Vinh (patient 1434-1435). Results of genetic sequencing at Pasteur Institute City. HCM discovered 1,435 patients with a new variant.
In addition to Vietnam, 33 other countries and territories around the world have also registered new cases of variant VOC 202012/01.
Adjunct Professor Dr. Tran Dac Phu
Associate Professor Dr. Tran Dac Phu, Senior Advisor to the Vietnam Public Health Events Center, said that the new strain of SARS-CoV-2 is 70% more likely to spread faster than the old strains. .
So if it is not caught early, timely isolation to spread to the community will be very dangerous. Although the disease does not get worse, when it spreads faster, more people become infected in a short time, more people will die.
“Especially if it is transmitted to high-risk people such as the elderly, people with underlying medical conditions and it is spread in the hospital, the death rate will be high,” Associate Professor Phu said.
However, the 1435 case in Vietnam was quarantined immediately after entry, so people shouldn’t worry too much.
According to Associate Professor Phu, what is most notable today is the need to closely monitor people entering illegally and legally, quarantine them as soon as they enter, not spread to the community. If a new strain is accidentally spread to an uncontrolled community, it can infect many people in a short time.
Dr. Truong Huu Khanh, Head of the Infection Department – Neurology, City Children’s Hospital. HCM also said that when a new variant appears with a faster rate of spread, the slower it is to detect new cases in the community, the more difficult it is to block and the longer it takes to delineate, quarantine and isolate the area. Therefore, the crucial point is to keep the virus out of the community.
Currently, according to the report from the border forces, every day Vietnam has between 100 and 150 people entering illegally on the open road with increasingly sophisticated tricks.
According to the latest research from Imperial College London, United Kingdom, the rate of Covid-19 infection in the United Kingdom, the first country to detect the new virus, has multiplied by 1.3.
Not only is the rate of transmission faster, the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is also infectious in all age groups.
Still, there is no evidence to suggest that the new variant increases virulence or exacerbates the disease compared to current strains, and the Covid-19 vaccine remains effective.
Thuy Hanh
Vietnam discovered that the Covid-19 case had a new UK variant
On the morning of December 2, the Health Ministry said that Vietnam had discovered the first case of a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus recently recorded in the UK. This person is patient 1435, isolated in Tra Vinh.
