The World Health Organization on Friday assigned the Greek letter omicron to a newly identified Covid variant in South Africa. The U.N. health agency …
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Discovery of New COVID-19 Variant in South Africa Renews Virus Fears
The latest on what we know about a new coronavirus strain found in Africa named B.1.1.529. The identification of the highly mutated variant has sparked concerns by scientists and caused some governments to reimplement travel bans. The strain has been detected in travelers to Belgium, Botswana, Hong Kong and Israel so far. The World Health Organization has labeled it Omicron, saying it's a variant of concern.
The Latest on the New Coronavirus Variant Discovered in Southern Africa
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it could still take some time to get a full picture of the threat posed by omicron, a new variant of the coronavirus as scientists worldwide scramble to assess its multiple mutations. Stock markets swooned, some public gatherings got canceled, and …
CNN — 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. “Initially it looked like some cluster outbreaks, but from yesterday, the indication came from our scientists from the Network of Genomic …
Several countries have banned visitors from southern Africa in the wake of South African scientists sharing their discovery of a new variant.
“This variant has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning,” the World Health Organization said in a statement. LONDON — Countries across the world rushed Friday to identify potential cases and halt travel from southern Africa where a new variant of Covid-19 emerged as a sudden …
Johannesburg — A potentially dangerous new strain of the coronavirus is alarming scientists around the world and prompting governments to ban …
Top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said Friday that the U.S. is “rushing” to get data on the new COVID-19 variant, which was stoked alarm …
South Africa has angrily condemned travel restrictions imposed by countries including Britain as “knee-jerk and draconian” as it scrambled to assess the potential for the new Covid-19 variant to unleash a deadly fourth wave. In a heated press conference on Friday, the health minister, Joe Phaahla, …
We're back in familiar territory - growing concern about a new variant of coronavirus. It has been named Omicron by the World Health Organization, following the pattern of Greek code-names like the Alpha and Delta variants. Omicron has such a long list of mutations that it was described by one …
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 the beginning of the pandemic. Dr Susan Hopkins said the R value, or effective …
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