B.1.1.529: What we know about the new COVID-19 variant
- 26-Nov-2021
Global authorities have reacted with alarm to a coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU, Britain and India among those announcing stricter border controls as scientists seek to determine if the mutation is vaccine-resistant. WHERE AND WHEN WAS NEW VARIANT FOUND? South African scientists detected a small number of the variant – called […]
B.1.1.529: Britain says new COVID-19 variant ‘most significant yet found’
- 26-Nov-2021
Britain said on Friday that a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa was considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found and so it needed to ascertain whether or not it made vaccines ineffective. Defending a ban on flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini, Transport Secretary […]
South Africa detects new Covid variant with many mutations
- 25-Nov-2021
Scientists in South Africa said Thursday they had detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The number of daily infections in Africa’s hardest-hit country has increased tenfold since the start of the month. “Unfortunately we have detected a new variant which is a […]