Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the COVID-19 task force, said that while there were unlinked cases of COVID-19 before, these did not develop into clusters."The new variant strains have higher attack rates, they are more infectious, they are causing larger clusters than before," he said. "Due to the new variants, are more infectious and larger clusters are forming.
Professor Mak added that these viruses had been found to be"phylogenetically distinct", suggesting that the clusters were not linked. The Indian viral variant B1617 has been classified as one of seven"variants of interest" by WHO. These are variants that are being monitored as they show mutations that have epidemiological implications, such as the transmissibility or severity of the disease.
"Though this work is in progress, these criteria have not been characterised for the majority of variants that are rapidly evolving in India."Scientists are still studying whether the Indian variant is driving an unexpected explosion in cases in India. WHO said in its Apr 27 update that preliminary modelling suggests it has"a higher growth rate than other circulating variants in India, suggesting potential increased transmissibility".
All three mutations have been detected in other globally circulating variants and experts say they have evolved independently as the virus adapts to better infect humans.
Oh ffs 🤦🏻♀️
I just want to know border closed for all imports. I do not want to know about virus variants
How “variants” got in? Through the borders kept wide open for foreigners! Thank you gov, that’s all we need to know!
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