A few posts are circulating in social media and even in news with the following description.
“Malaysia has detected a strain of the new coronavirus that’s been found to be 10 times more infectious than the strain currently circulating.
Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah said it could imply that present research on vaccines may be incomplete or ineffective against the strain. ”
Malaysia Corona 10 times hazardous found
– spread from a restaurant owner from India's corona
– these dangerous Corona came group from the Philippines
– the Corona name D614G pic.twitter.com/2RFtm7ZUbt— ???????? (@Lkh2707) August 18, 2020
Vedict:- Fake News
Explanation:- This is strain was found earlier also in China & Europe as you can see here.
Wire agency Bloomberg on Monday published an incorrect headline which was republished by several Indian news media outlets stating that a new COVID-19 strain was detected in Malaysia that is ten times more infectious than SARS-CoV-2.
“D614G is not in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike, it is less likely that it would drastically alter the immunogenicity of RBD epitopes thought to be important for antibody neutralization,” says Nathan D.Grubaugh, from the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health.
