KONTAN.CO.ID – The SARS-CoV-2 corona virus which causes Covid-19 disease continues to mutate.
In Indonesia itself, what has been confirmed to be entered is the corona B.1.1.7 mutation. The government also ensures vigilance against it.
Quoted from Kompas.com, Monday (15/3/2021), the mutation of the corona virus B.1.1.7 was announced to enter Indonesia on Tuesday (2/3/2021) by Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono.
To date, there have been six cases of mutation of the B.1.1.7 corona virus spread across five provinces, namely West Java, South Sumatra, North Sumatra, East Kalimantan and South Kalimantan.
The Ministry of Health ensures that all patients exposed to the B.1.1.7 corona virus mutation have recovered.
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In addition, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that all close contacts of the first two cases of the B.1.1.7 mutation of the corona virus that Indonesian citizens brought back from Saudi Arabia were tested negative.
“Mutations are always monitored by the government because we know that mutations always occur and that is the character of the virus,” said Director of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of Direct Transmission of the Directorate General of P2P, Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia.
Meanwhile, for N439K, although it has been detected since November 2020, the government has not been able to confirm whether there has been a case for this virus mutation.
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7 Things to know about the mutation of the corona virus variant B.1.1.7
Quoted from the page Covid19.go.idHere are 7 things you need to know about the mutation of the corona virus variant B.1.1.7 from the UK:
- First announced in the UK in December 2020
- Known as B.1.1.7, 20I / 501Y.V1 or VOC 202012/01
- There is no scientific evidence that the Covid-19 mutated virus has a higher malignancy than the initial Covid-19 virus
- Several studies in other countries have shown that this new variant of the virus is more infectious than the original virus
- The vaccine used in Indonesia is still effective in preventing transmission of the virus strain variant B.1.1.7 so that it will not affect herd immunity
- These virus variants can still be detected by antigen swabs and PCR swabs
- Apart from the B.1.1.7 variant, there are 2 other variants that have received worldwide attention, namely the B.1.351 variant which was first detected in South Africa and the P.1 variant. Brazilian origin detected for the first time in Japan.
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