Government leaders, representatives of relevant ministries and agencies, leaders of the provinces and centrally-run cities and those in districts/towns which are home to industrial, economic and processing zones across the country join the meeting on Saturday morning. Photo baochinhphu.vn

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Việt Nam detected seven coronavirus variants including B.1.222, B.1.619, D614G and B.1.1.7 UK variant and B.1.351, A.23.1 and B.1.617.2 Indian variant.

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HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Saturday morning presided over a national online conference on the COVID-19 situation and urgent response measures amid the complicated developments of the pandemic with an increasing number of infections recorded in industrial parks and major provinces and cities.

Attending the event were Government leaders, representatives of relevant ministries and agencies, leaders of the provinces and centrally-run cities and those in districts/towns which are home to industrial, economic and processing zones across the country.

A new coronavirus variant with characteristics from the existing Indian and UK variants had been detected in Việt Nam for the first time, the Ministry of Health Nguyễn Thành Long said at the online meeting.

Long said genetic sequencing on several COVID-19 patients in Việt Nam revealed the presence of two common coronavirus variants from the UK and India.

The UK variant is believed to be more transmissible than ordinary strains, while the Indian variant is both more transmissible and potentially less susceptible to neutralising antibodies of the immune system.

However, the new coronavirus variant which has recently been detected in Việt Nam has characteristics from both the UK and the Indian variants. It is an Indian variant with mutations that originally belong to the UK variant, according to Long.

Việt Nam detected seven coronavirus variants including B.1.222, B.1.619, D614G and B.1.1.7 UK variant and B.1.351, A.23.1 and B.1.617.2 Indian variant.

READ MORE:  https://aseanews.net/2021/05/30/covid-19-new-variants-new-coronavirus-variant-detected-in-viet-nam/

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The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 220 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.

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Country/Region	New Cases	Total Cases	Recovered	Deaths
India	171,726	27,719,431	25,170,952	322,384
Iran	10,253	2,886,111	2,410,252	79,568
Philippines	8,733	1,209,139	1,134,713	20,566
Malaysia	8,290	549,514	474,139	2,552
Turkey	7,773	5,228,322	5,083,099	47,134
Nepal	6,855	549,111	428,670	7,047
Indonesia	5,862	1,803,361	1,654,557	50,100
Japan	4,591	734,337	659,732	12,714
Iraq	4,042	1,190,351	1,101,676	16,311
Thailand	3,759	144,976	97,872	954
Bahrain	2,957	232,425	203,429	923
Sri Lanka	2,850	177,711	146,362	1,363
Pakistan	2,482	913,784	834,566	20,607
UAE	2,236	565,451	545,229	1,668
Kazakhstan	1,747	381,907	348,428	3,903
Kuwait	1,384	305,583	290,377	1,760
Bangladesh	1,358	796,343	736,221	12,511
Saudi Arabia	1,215	447,178	429,663	7,320
Georgia	1,056	341,894	324,426	4,727
Afghanistan	965	70,111	57,119	2,899
Maldives	901	61,844	36,862	155
Mongolia	785	55,852	48,749	263
Palestine	774	307,569	300,125	3,489
Jordan	620	734,659	713,633	9,436
Cambodia	599	28,237	20,900	196
S. Korea	587	138,898	128,761	1,946
Taiwan	344	7,479	1,133	78
Lebanon	298	539,888	516,530	7,711
Kyrgyzstan	283	103,866	97,542	1,788
Vietnam	254	6,570	2,896	47
Azerbaijan	242	333,559	323,198	4,896
Uzbekistan	236	99,580	95,250	687
Qatar	202	216,885	212,379	552
Timor-Leste	163	6,622	3,915	15
Armenia	104	222,513	212,566	4,423
Cyprus	73	72,307	68,409	360
Myanmar	72	143,486	132,279	3,216
Syrian Arab Republic	45	24,410	21,588	1,758
Singapore	30	61,970	61,407	32
Yemen	27	6,723	3,375	1,316
Israel	13	839,433	832,634	6,407
Bhutan	12	1,503	1,241	1
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	10	1,905	1,355	3
China	7	91,045	86,093	4,636
Brunei	1	241	228	3
Hong Kong	0	11,837	11,565	210
Macao	0	51	49	0
Oman	0	213,784	197,080	2,303
Tajikistan	0	13,308	13,218

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