Coronavirus: ‘no new hybrid variant’ detected in Vietnam, WHO says; Indonesia cancels haj pilgrimage

Days after Vietnam’s Ministry of Health said it had detected a new Covid-19 variant comprising characteristics of both the alpha and delta strains, the World Health Organization (WHO) told a Japanese newspaper there is currently no hybrid variant in Vietnam.“There is no new hybrid variant in Vietnam at this moment based on WHO definition,” Dr Kidong Park told Nikkei Asia in an online interview published on Thursday.Instead, Park stressed the newly detected variant was in fact the delta variant…

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