The UK announced six countries from South Africa will be added to the red list from Friday following concerns over the most heavily mutated version of the coronavirus. A top UK medical adviser said the new variant, B.1.1.529, is the “most worrying” so far after South African cases more than doubled over two weeks. Experts are looking into how quickly the variant may spread and its ability to possibly bypass vaccine protection. Find out the latest on the variant and what it means for travel.
Dr Susan Hopkins says R value of variant first found in Gauteng, South Africa, is now 2 The chief medical adviser to the UK Health and Security Agency has warned that a newly identified Covid-19 variant in southern Africa is the “most worrying we’ve seen”, with transmission levels not recorded since …
Scientists have proposed parachuting in extra vaccine supplies to southern Africa to help prepare the region for an expected rise in cases driven by …
South Africa’s health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be spreading rapidly in parts of the country.
Health officials are said to be scrambling to trace people who have recently arrived from southern Africa amid fears over a new mutant strain of …
The detection of a new Covid-19 variant in South Africa has left the country’s sporting events in turmoil. Rugby teams scrambled to leave the country …
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