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Vietnam detects highly-infectious BA.2.74 Omicron sub-variant

Vietnam has detected a number of new, highly-contagious Omicron sub-variants, including BA.2.74, said the General Department of Preventive Medicine on August 17.
Vietnam detects highly-infectious BA.2.74 Omicron sub-variant ảnh 1Health workers perform COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has detected a number ofnew, highly-contagious Omicron sub-variants, including BA.2.74, said the GeneralDepartment of Preventive Medicine on August 17.

The department also corrected its August 15 report which mistakenly mentioned BA.2.75 among sub-variants circulating in Vietnam. It is BA.2.74, not BA.2.74, it saidin the latest statement, adding that the first case of BA.2.74 was reported in theHanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital on August 8.

Other Omicron sub-variants found in the country are BA.4,BA.5, and BA.2.12.1, according to the department.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned of a spike in thenumber of new COVID-19 infections as well as critical cases. Over the pastweek, Vietnam has recorded an average of 2,000 new COVID-19 cases each day.More than 100 seriously ill COVID-19 patients are being treated at hospitals.

The General Department of Preventive Medicine has askedlocal health authorities to update the number of new COVID-19 cases on a dailybasis, so health authorities can have sufficientdata to accurately assess the pandemic situation. 

The national COVID-19 caseload in Vietnam reached 11,370,462 cases of COVID-19 as of August 16. The total number of recoveries rose to over 10 million. The country has so far administered more than 251 milliondoses of vaccines./.
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