Covid-19: UK mutation not in Malaysia yet, but local strain may be more infectious too

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COVID-19 | The highly infectious Covid-19 strain that prompted UK authorities to scrap Christmas plans and impose alockdown has yet to be found in Malaysia, said Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.However, he said there are signs that a local variant of the virus carrying the A701V mutation in its spike protein also has increased infectivity.While stressing that the role of this mutation is still unknown, he pointed out that the mutation is present in most clusters that have emerged since the Benteng LD cluster that was first reported on Sept 1.“The presence of mutation A701V may have given the virus an added advantage in becoming the dominant strain, suggesting better transmissibility,” he said in a Facebook post today.He said as part of the government’s efforts to monitor mutations in the virus that causes Covid-19, the Institute for Medical Research (I…