Suara.com – The patient is positive for corona Indonesia jumped to 153,535 people, Sunday (23/8/2020). The number of cases increased by 2,037 people.
While patients recovered, it rose to 107,500 people. plus 2,302 people.
Other patients died 6,680 people. Up to 86 people.
New variant corona virus
Scientists in Singapore have discovered a new mutated variant of the corona virus (Sars-CoV-2) that causes the Covid-19 outbreak that causes milder symptoms in infected people, reported in the scientific journal The Lancet this week.
Those infected with the new variant of the corona virus will experience milder symptoms. Patients have a low tendency to experience insufficient levels of oxygen in the blood and do not require intensive care.
This new variant of the coronavirus, which has lost much of its genome, also triggers a stronger immune response, Reuters news agency Antara reported.
“This study provides for the first time data showing that mutations in Sars-Cov-2 have affected the severity of this disease in patients,” said Gavin Smith, a scientist from Duke-NUS, Singapore, who was involved in the study.
The study involved various institutions in Singapore, including the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Duke-NUS Medical School, and the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
The researchers say the findings also have an effect on the development of vaccines and drugs for COVID-19.
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