"That the new one is an Indian variant with mutations that originally belong to the UK variant is very dangerous," he told a government meeting, a recording reveals. Have you contracted the Indian variant? Let us know at webnews@mirror.co.uk(Image: LUONG THAI LINH/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)The Southeast Asian country had previously detected seven virus variants: B.1.222, B.1.619, D614G, B.1.1.7 - known as the UK variant, B.1.351, A.23.1 and B.1.617.2 - the "Indian variant". Long said Vietnam would soon publish genome data of the newly identified variant, which he said was more transmissible than the previously known types. (Image: REUTERS)Officials at the WHO did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the variant identified in Vietnam.

Source: Daily Mirror May 29, 2021 17:55 UTC