Infectious Covid-19 mutation may be "a good thing", says Singapore expert

Prof Paul Tambyah was appointed ISID's president-elect in June 2020 and will support the incumbent president in running the organisation until he takes over its leadership. - The Straits Times/Asian News Network

SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (Reuters): A mutation of the novel coronavirus increasingly common throughout Europe and recently detected in Malaysia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor in the island.

Prof Paul Tambyah, senior consultant at the National University of Singapore and president-elect of the US-based International Society of Infectious Diseases, said the D614G mutation has also been found in Singapore.