“If there are a lot of Covid-19 cases in a country, there would be a higher number of deaths. This means that out of 485,496 cases, it has sequenced and shared about 0.14% of total Covid-19 cases in Malaysia. As a comparison, Indonesia has sequenced about 0.09% of its total cases, while Singapore has sequenced about 3.9%. “The thinking is that with these mutations, the virus may bind better with the host and can multiply faster. “Moreover, the more the virus replicates in a population, the more mutations and variants will emerge.

Source: The Star May 21, 2021 23:25 UTC