Asia’s Covid-19 vulnerable countries — including PHSome countries will face the secondary waves from a position of resilience. Since March, however, a new “G” variation has been dominant (see Figure 2). Though not conclusive yet, current evidence suggests there has been a global transition from the D to the G variation. There is a distressing implication associated with the presumed global transition from D to G variation. However, continued case acceleration and G variation dominance in several countries, coupled with the proliferation of secondary waves could change the status quo — for the worse.

Source: Manila Times August 23, 2020 16:30 UTC