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.

越南卫生部门确认越南发现新冠新变种，该变种通过空气传播，速度快，是B.1.617和 B.1.1.7的结合。

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.

目前越南正在努力应对超过一半领土范围内爆发的新疫情，包括工业区域和河内、胡志明市等大城市。

Hanoi /hæˈnɔɪ/ 河内       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.

越南报告了超过6800名确诊患者，包括47名死亡案例，其中最大的爆发是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.

据官方媒体报道，越南卫生部长阮清龙(Nguyen Thanh Long)周六在一次有关新冠疫情的全国会议上表示:“我们发现了一种印度和英国变种杂交的新变种。”

"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."

“这种菌株的特点是它在空气中传播迅速。喉液中的病毒浓度迅速增加，并强烈地扩散到周围环境。”

fluid  /ˈfluːɪd/  液体；流体；液•body fluids (= for example, blood) 体液（如血液）adj： 流畅优美的•a loose, fluid style of dancing 灵活流畅优美的跳舞风格2.( formal ) ( 形势 )易变的；不稳定的 •a fluid political situation 不稳定的政治局势；3.(  术语 )流动的；流体的•a fluid consistency 流体黏稠度

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.

他没有具体说明这种新变种的病例数量，但表示越南将很快公布这一发现给世界基因毒株地图。

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.

越南中央卫生和流行病学研究所(Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology)上周六在一份声明中说，该研究所的科学家通过基因测序，在32例患者样本中发现了4例基因突变。

hygiene  n. /ˈhaɪdʒiːn/ 卫生 • food hygiene 食品卫生

epidemiology  n. /ˌepɪˌdiːmiˈɒlədʒi/  流行病学

Mutation  n. /mjuːˈteɪʃn/ 1.( 生 ) （生物物种的）变异，突变 •cells affected by mutation 受到突变影响的细胞 •genetic mutations 基因变异 2.( linguistics 语言 )（形式或结构的）转变，改变 •vowel mutation 元音变化

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

据越南卫生部称，在阮清龙发表声明之前，越南已发现7种已知的冠状病毒变种。

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，这个共产主义国家因其积极应对大流行的举措而获得广泛赞誉，大规模隔离和严格的接触者追踪使其将感染率保持在相对较低的水平。

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

新一轮感染让公众和政府感到忧心。当局迅速采取行动，对人员流动和商业活动进行严格限制。-新德里电视

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