On January 2, local time, according to the latest news from the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vietnam discovered the first mutated new coronavirus infection. The infected person returned to Vietnam by plane from London, England on December 22, and then went to Cha Rong. The province conducts centralized isolation.
After identification, the new coronavirus carried by the infected person is the same as the mutant new coronavirus previously discovered in the UK.
Experts say that the new mutant virus is more contagious.
As of press time, Vietnam has confirmed a total of 1,474 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, including 35 deaths.
(Main station reporter Zhou Yang)