In what can add to the worries of the world already fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia has detected a new coronavirus strain, which is believed to be ten times more infectious and deadlier. 

The new strain called D614G? was found in at least three of the 45 cases in the country, which originated from a restaurant owner, who returned from India and violated his 14-day home quarantine. The man was later sentenced to five months in prison for the same. The strain was also found in another group of people returning from the Philippines.

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Taking about the new strain, Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the detection could mean that existing studies on vaccines may be incomplete or ineffective against the mutation. 

Abdullah wrote on Facebook: People need to be wary and take greater precautions because this strain has now been found in Malaysia. People’s cooperation is needed so that we can together break the chain of infection from any mutation.