Vietnam discovers new hybrid virus variant

Monday, May 31, 2021 - 01:00

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?Vietnam has discovered a new COVID-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the B.1.617 and B.1.1.7 strains, health officials confirmed Saturday.

越南衛(wèi)生部門確認越南發(fā)現(xiàn)新冠新變種，該變種通過空氣傳播，速度快，是B.1.617和 B.1.1.7的結合。

The country is struggling to deal with fresh outbreaks across more than half of its territory, including industrial zones and big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

目前越南正在努力應對超過一半領土范圍內(nèi)爆發(fā)的新疫情，包括工業(yè)區(qū)域和河內(nèi)、胡志明市等大城市。

Hanoi /h??n??/ 河內(nèi)? ? ? ?Ho Chi Minh City：胡志明市

More than 6,800 cases including 47 deaths have been reported in Vietnam, with the lion's share occurring since April.

越南報告了超過6800名確診患者，包括47名死亡案例，其中最大的爆發(fā)是4月份。

"We have discovered a new hybrid variant from the Indian and the UK strains," Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long told a national meeting on the pandemic Saturday, according to state media.

據(jù)官方媒體報道，越南衛(wèi)生部長阮清龍(Nguyen Thanh Long)周六在一次有關新冠疫情的全國會議上表示:“我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種印度和英國變種雜交的新變種。”

"The characteristic of this strain is that it spreads quickly in the air. The concentration of virus in the throat fluid increases rapidly and spreads very strongly to the surrounding environment."

“這種菌株的特點是它在空氣中傳播迅速。喉液中的病毒濃度迅速增加，并強烈地擴散到周圍環(huán)境?！?/span>

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He did not specify the number of cases recorded with this new variant but said Vietnam will soon announce the discovery in the world's map of genetic strains.

他沒有具體說明這種新變種的病例數(shù)量，但表示越南將很快公布這一發(fā)現(xiàn)給世界基因毒株地圖。

Vietnam's Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said in a statement Saturday that its scientists had detected gene mutations in four out of 32 patient samples through gene sequencing.

越南中央衛(wèi)生和流行病學研究所(Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology)上周六在一份聲明中說，該研究所的科學家通過基因測序，在32例患者樣本中發(fā)現(xiàn)了4例基因突變。

hygiene ?n. /?ha?d?i?n/ 衛(wèi)生?? food hygiene 食品衛(wèi)生

epidemiology ?n. /?ep??di?mi??l?d?i/ ?流行病學

Mutation??n. /mju??te??n/ 1.( 生 ) （生物物種的）變異，突變??cells affected by mutation 受到突變影響的細胞??genetic mutations 基因變異?2.( linguistics 語言 )（形式或結構的）轉變，改變??vowel mutation 元音變化

There were seven known coronavirus variants in Vietnam before Long's announcement, according to the Ministry of Health.

據(jù)越南衛(wèi)生部稱，在阮清龍發(fā)表聲明之前，越南已發(fā)現(xiàn)7種已知的冠狀病毒變種。

The communist country has previously received widespread applause for its aggressive pandemic response, with mass quarantines and strict contact tracing helping keep infection rates relatively low.

此前，這個共產(chǎn)主義國家因其積極應對大流行的舉措而獲得廣泛贊譽，大規(guī)模隔離和嚴格的接觸者追蹤使其將感染率保持在相對較低的水平。

The new round of infections has made the public and government fearful and authorities have quickly moved to place strict limits on movement and business activity.?- NDTV

新一輪感染讓公眾和政府感到憂心。當局迅速采取行動，對人員流動和商業(yè)活動進行嚴格限制。-新德里電視

原文鏈接：http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/05/31/world/250406/vietnam-discovers-new-hybrid-virus-variant