1. Malaysia has detected a strain of the virus that is 10 times more infectious than the previous strains and the original Wuhan strain.
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2. The mutation was discovered in Malaysia when a man returning from India went against his quarantine rules and infected over 45 people. When the 45 cases were treated, it was observed that at least 3 of the tested samples carried a much more severe mutation of COVID-19, known as D614G.
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3. The health chief of Malaysia, Noor Hisham Abdullah in a post on Facebook said that the latest recent results received from the Laboratory Medical Research Institute revealed that the suspected D614G type mutation had been spotted from COVID-19 virus isolation test for 3 cases from three clusters in Malaysia.
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4. A Reuters report says that the mutation has increased the number of “spikes” on the coronavirus which in turn significantly increases its ability to infect human cells.
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5. The researchers say that it is still unknown whether this small mutation affects the severity of symbols of infected people or increases mortality.
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6. The D614G mutation strain is believed to be a predominant variant in Europe and the US as well.
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7. The health chief said that the people need to be “aware and be more careful” as the virus can “spread easily if spread by the individual super spreader”.
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8. People are advised to follow previous health procedures like hand hygiene, wearing of masks in public places, crowded or enclosed space.
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