Coronavirus / No hybrid COVID-19 variant in Vietnam, it's a mutation of Delta variant: WHO

A coronavirus variant which Vietnam authorities thought was a hybrid of variants first detected in India and UK isn't a new hybrid variant, WHO representative to Vietnam Kidong Park told Nikkei. "The variant detected is Delta (first detected in India), with additional mutations, and needs more observation," he stated. "As for now, there's no alarming alert from WHO," said Kidong.