10 times more infectious coronavirus strain found in Malaysia

As the world is already battling to the increasing cases of Covid-19 day by day, Malaysia has detected a strain of the new coronavirus which is 10 times more infectious.

As per reports, the mutation named D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a cluster that started from a restaurant owner who returned from India. The man had breached his 14-day home quarantine and currently serving his 5 months term in prison for that.

The existing vaccine studies can be incomplete or ineffective against this mutation, said Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah.

“People need to be aware and be more careful because the Covid-19 virus with D614G mutation has been detected in Malaysia," he wrote in a Facebook post.

According to the research, a variant of the novel coronavirus, named 'D614G', is more infectious in cell cultures under laboratory conditions.

However, another one published that the mutation is not likely to have a major impact on the effectiveness of vaccines which are currently being developed.