A new strain of the novel coronavirus called 'D614G' has been detected in Malaysia and is being deemed 10 times more infectious, said Malaysia's Director-General of Health, Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a Facebook post on Saturday. Abdullah said that the strain could mean that existing studies on vaccines may be incomplete or ineffective against the mutation. The Director-General in the Facebook post said that people need to be more aware and careful in the country. The mutation infects other individuals 10 times more and spreads more easily by an individual 'super spreader.' However, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), there’s no evidence that suggests that the strain leads to more severe disease.

Source: dna August 17, 2020 12:11 UTC