Vietnam detects new hybrid of Covid strains identified in India and Britain

The country, which has vaccinated only a million of its 97 million population, is struggling with fresh Covid outbreaks across more than half of its territory.

Vietnam has discovered a new Covid-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the Indian and British strains, state media reported Saturday. 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. More than 6,700 cases including 47 deaths have been reported in Vietnam the lion's share have occurred since April.