Vietnam reports 1st case of COVID-19 variant – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua

HANOI, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — Vietnam has reported its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant first discovered in Britain, the country’s Ministry of Health confirmed Saturday.
The case is a 45-year-old Vietnamese woman, who travelled from Britain to Vietnam on Dec. 22 and was quarantined upon arrival, the ministry said.
She started feeling ill a few days after arriving in Vietnam before testing positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 24, and was later confirmed to have tested positive with the new COVID-19…

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