‘New variant’ risk, warns top virologist

‘New variant’ risk, warns top virologist

Govt urged to contain outbreak

A prominent virologist has warned that efforts to contain Covid-19 must be intensified before a “Thai variant” mutation of the virus emerges.

Dr Yong Poovorawan, chief of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University, posted on his Facebook page that concerned agencies should step up measures against Covid-19 due to the particularly contagious nature of the British variant currently spreading across the nation.

“Proactive measures to keep Covid-19 from spreading widely are needed before the virus has a chance to mutate,” he said.

The virus usually took hold in big cities first before spreading to smaller towns, districts, sub-districts and villages.

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