Is a hybrid COVID strain behind Vietnam's latest wave? Not exactly
- Written by Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University
We recently heard a new “hybrid variant” of the coronavirus has been detected in Vietnam, amid a spike in cases in the country.
The variant was originally described as a hybrid of the UK (now Alpha) and Indian (now Kappa B.1.617.1 and Delta B.1.617.2) strains of the virus. But what does this actually mean? And if we look at the science...





