Vietnam has decided to test its entire population of Ho Chi Minh City as fears of new Covid-19 variant emerge.
According to details, the country was successful in curbing the new variant but has seen rising cases over the past weeks.
Over the weekend, officials warned of a new ‘very dangerous’ hybrid variant discovered in the country.
As per government the new variant has features of Indian and the UK variant, 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 centered on a Christian mission which had seen at least 125 positive cases, and accounts for most of the city's infections.
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