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Covid: Vietnam detects new UK-Indian variant, health officials say
So far, Vietnam has recorded few cases by international standards
Vietnam has detected a Covid variant that appears to be a combination of the Indian and UK variants and can spread quickly by air, officials say.
Vietnam's Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long described the latest mutation on Saturday as "very dangerous".
Viruses mutate all the time and most variants are inconsequential, but some can make a virus more contagious.
Since Covid-19 was first identified in January 2020, thousands of mutations have been detected.
"Vietnam has uncovered a new Covid-19 variant combining characteristics of the two existing variants first found in India and the UK," Mr Nguyen told a government meeting, according to Reuters news agency.
Mr Nguyen said the new hybrid variant was more transmissible than previously known versions, especially in the air. He said it was discovered after running tests on newly-detected patients, online newspaper VnExpress reported.
He added that the genetic code of the virus would be made available soon.
The variant of Covid-19 first identified in India last October - called B.1.617.2 - is more transmissible than the UK/Kent variant - also known as B.1.1.7 - according to experts.
Research suggests that vaccines, such as the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs, are highly effective against the Indian variant after two doses, but protection from one dose appears to be reduced.
There is no evidence that any mutations of the coronavirus cause much more serious illness for the vast majority of people.
As with the original version, the risk remains highest for people who are elderly or have significant underlying health conditions.
But a virus being more infectious and equally dangerous will in itself lead to more deaths in an unvaccinated population.
Vietnam has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks. The country has registered more than 6,700 coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic. Of those, more than half have been recorded since late April this year.
It has also recorded 47 Covid-related deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57296803
Covid: Vietnam starts mass testing as new variant emerges
Vietnam hopes to tackle a new Covid outbreak by testing the entire population of in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam hopes to tackle a new Covid outbreak by mass testing risk groups in Ho Chi Minh City and introducing new social distancing measures.
The efforts come in response to a new cluster linked to a religious mission.
Vietnam has had relative success in controlling the virus but cases have been rising over the past weeks.
Over the weekend, officials warned of a new "very dangerous" hybrid variant discovered in the country.
The government says the new variant combines features of the mutations first identified in India and the UK, and is easily transmissible by air.
Overall, the country has registered just over 7,000 infections and 47 deaths, but the latest spike accounts for more than half of the total number of cases.
The latest outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City is centred around a Christian mission which had seen at least 125 positive cases, and accounts for most of the city's infections.
Those living in the vicinity of the cluster have already been tested and are in lockdown.
Officials now plan to test as many as 100,000 people each day, focusing on groups considered to be high risk.
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In addition to testing, officials announced new social distancing measures across the city for 15 days, starting from 31 May.
Shops and restaurants are closed, and religious activities have been suspended.
"All events that gather more than 10 people in public are banned city-wide, but the city is considering to lower the number of people to just five," the government said.
When the virus first spread beyond China in early 2020, Vietnam acted fast and decisively, closing its borders to almost all travellers except returning citizens.
It then quarantined and tested everyone who entered the country. It also conducted widespread contact-tracing and testing.
The government is under pressure to ramp up vaccinations to combat the re-emergence of the virus.
Just over one million people or 1% of the population have received at least one dose of the vaccine so far.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57303306
All because of an irresponsible prime minister that promoted Tobago Easter lime.aaron17 wrote:With today's curfew ..the gov't is conditioning us for longer and more daylight curfews. Prepare yourself.
aaron17 wrote:With today's curfew ..the gov't is conditioning us for longer and more daylight curfews. Prepare yourself.
adnj wrote:New drug effectively prevents severe COVID-19 in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2
May 29 2021
The drug diABZI which activates the body's innate immune response -- was highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19 in mice that were infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings, published this month in Science Immunology, suggest that diABZI could also treat other respiratory coronaviruses.
"Few drugs have been identified as game-changers in blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection. This paper is the first to show that activating an early immune response therapeutically with a single dose is a promising strategy for controlling the virus, including the South African variant B.1.351, which has led to worldwide concern. The development of effective antivirals is urgently needed for controlling SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease, especially as dangerous variants of the virus continue to emerge."
Sara Cherry, PhD, Study Senior Author and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Scientific Director, High-Throughput Screening Core, Penn Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus initially targets epithelial cells in the respiratory tract. As the first line of defense against infection, the respiratory tract's innate immune system recognizes viral pathogens by detecting their molecular patterns.
Cherry and her research team first sought to better understand this effect by observing human lung cell lines under the microscope that had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. They found that the virus is able to hide, delaying the immune system's early recognition and response. The researchers predicted that they may be able to identify drugs -- or small molecules with drug-like properties -- that could set off this immune response in the respiratory cells earlier and prevent severe SARS-CoV-2 infection.
https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/2 ... CoV-2.aspx
What Mass?drchaos wrote:adnj wrote:New drug effectively prevents severe COVID-19 in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2
May 29 2021
The drug diABZI which activates the body's innate immune response -- was highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19 in mice that were infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings, published this month in Science Immunology, suggest that diABZI could also treat other respiratory coronaviruses.
"Few drugs have been identified as game-changers in blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection. This paper is the first to show that activating an early immune response therapeutically with a single dose is a promising strategy for controlling the virus, including the South African variant B.1.351, which has led to worldwide concern. The development of effective antivirals is urgently needed for controlling SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease, especially as dangerous variants of the virus continue to emerge."
Sara Cherry, PhD, Study Senior Author and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Scientific Director, High-Throughput Screening Core, Penn Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus initially targets epithelial cells in the respiratory tract. As the first line of defense against infection, the respiratory tract's innate immune system recognizes viral pathogens by detecting their molecular patterns.
Cherry and her research team first sought to better understand this effect by observing human lung cell lines under the microscope that had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. They found that the virus is able to hide, delaying the immune system's early recognition and response. The researchers predicted that they may be able to identify drugs -- or small molecules with drug-like properties -- that could set off this immune response in the respiratory cells earlier and prevent severe SARS-CoV-2 infection.
https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/2 ... CoV-2.aspx
This is not important …
This because we are on a mass vaccine drive.
zoom rader wrote:All because of an irresponsible prime minister that promoted Tobago Easter lime.aaron17 wrote:With today's curfew ..the gov't is conditioning us for longer and more daylight curfews. Prepare yourself.
Notice that they kept the PM Chile Mudda of her Covid infected self away from the spotlight
......drchaos wrote:adnj wrote:New drug effectively prevents severe COVID-19 in mice infected with SARS-CoV-2
May 29 2021
The drug diABZI which activates the body's innate immune response -- was highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19 in mice that were infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings, published this month in Science Immunology, suggest that diABZI could also treat other respiratory coronaviruses.
"Few drugs have been identified as game-changers in blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection. This paper is the first to show that activating an early immune response therapeutically with a single dose is a promising strategy for controlling the virus, including the South African variant B.1.351, which has led to worldwide concern. The development of effective antivirals is urgently needed for controlling SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease, especially as dangerous variants of the virus continue to emerge."
Sara Cherry, PhD, Study Senior Author and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Scientific Director, High-Throughput Screening Core, Penn Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus initially targets epithelial cells in the respiratory tract. As the first line of defense against infection, the respiratory tract's innate immune system recognizes viral pathogens by detecting their molecular patterns.
Cherry and her research team first sought to better understand this effect by observing human lung cell lines under the microscope that had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. They found that the virus is able to hide, delaying the immune system's early recognition and response. The researchers predicted that they may be able to identify drugs -- or small molecules with drug-like properties -- that could set off this immune response in the respiratory cells earlier and prevent severe SARS-CoV-2 infection.
https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/2 ... CoV-2.aspx
This is not important …
This because we are on a mass vaccine drive.
The projected infections have already receded from their peak of three weeks ago.wtf wrote:They could lockdown 24 hrs a day it won't drop the numbers.
The A$$hole who decided to send persons home to quarantine need to send them in field hospitals. More people you send home, more mixing takes place and more people get COVID-19.
wtf wrote:They could lockdown 24 hrs a day it won't drop the numbers.
The A$$hole who decided to send persons home to quarantine need to send them in field hospitals. More people you send home, more mixing takes place and more people get COVID-19.
wtf wrote:They could lockdown 24 hrs a day it won't drop the numbers.
The A$$hole who decided to send persons home to quarantine need to send them in field hospitals. More people you send home, more mixing takes place and more people get COVID-19.
Dude ..how other countries stop mixing in households other than pleaing to the public?wtf wrote:They could lockdown 24 hrs a day it won't drop the numbers.
The A$$hole who decided to send persons home to quarantine need to send them in field hospitals. More people you send home, more mixing takes place and more people get COVID-19.
Dohplaydat wrote:wtf wrote:They could lockdown 24 hrs a day it won't drop the numbers.
The A$$hole who decided to send persons home to quarantine need to send them in field hospitals. More people you send home, more mixing takes place and more people get COVID-19.
The numbers have stopped increasing which is what we want. Cases are high because so many already have Covid but the rate it's spreading is down.
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NAPA SAPA UTT Campuses etcredmanjp wrote:wtf wrote:They could lockdown 24 hrs a day it won't drop the numbers.
The A$$hole who decided to send persons home to quarantine need to send them in field hospitals. More people you send home, more mixing takes place and more people get COVID-19.
We have field hospitals for 9000 ppl?
ST Auto wrote:16 deaths an usual low Monday/holiday numbers FB_IMG_1622491714723.jpeg
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