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Who found the new variant virus R.1 in Japan The results of the Covid-19 mutation, have spread to the US region
So far the variant is still being monitored by WHO.
Reportedly, the variant has spread to all regions in the United States (US).
The R.1 variant was first identified by WHO in January 2021 in Japan.
Quoted from Pos-kupang.com, this was conveyed by a spokesman for the Covid-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito in a broadcast on the BNPB Youtube channel, Tuesday (9/28/2021).
"The R.1 variant was first identified by WHO in January 2021 in Japan and is known to have spread in several regions in the United States at this time," said Covid-19 Task Force Spokesman, Prof. Wiku Adisasmito in a broadcast on the BNPB Youtube channel, Tuesday, September 28, 2021.
Related to this discovery, the Covid-19 Task Force asked the public to remain vigilant.
Because the new variant is reportedly spread throughout the United States (US).
Wiku said, although still in WHO monitoring, the R.1 variant became a reminder that the Covid-19 had not yet been completely lost.
Therefore, he asked the public to remain consistent in applying the health protocol.
"What we have to do is consistently run the health protocol in all aspects of life without excessive fear," he said.
Director of Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Directly Directorate General of P2P Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), Siti Nadia Tarmizi said, the variant of R.1 had not been identified into Indonesia.
"Not yet entered into Indonesia," Nadia said last Monday.
It is known, the Covid-19 R.1 variant in the United States infected residents and staff at the nursing home.
Even this variant infects residents and officers at the orphanage who have received complete vaccination.
The R.1 variant is a version of the Covid-19 virus that experiences mutations related to changes in the function of the virus.
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States said that the variant of R.1 has several important mutation characteristics.
These characteristics such as increasing viral transmission, reduced effectiveness of condhecene and post-vaccinating therapy, as well as the potential to reduce the effectiveness of antidote antibodies.
The possibility of the R.1 variant will overtake the Delta variant as the Movement of the Corona Virus which is the most severe or can be transmitted.
(Tribun-video.com/pos-kupang.com)
This article has been aired on Pos-kupang.com with the title New Variant Found in Japan Task Force Covid Ask Ri Waspada,
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