South African studies suggest Omicron has higher ‘asymptomatic carriage’
PRELIMINARY findings from two South African clinical trials suggest the Omicron coronavirus variant has a much higher rate of “asymptomatic
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S.African study offers Omicron hope ahead of second coronavirus Christmas
SOUTH African data offered a glimmer of hope on Wednesday about the severity of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but World
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S.Africa Omicron data should not be extrapolated to all countries- Africa CDC
DATA from South Africa which suggests the Omicron coronavirus variant is 70% to 80% less severe than Delta should not
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SA sport shutting down over new coronavirus variant
MARK GLEESON SOUTH African sport has began to shut down after the detection of a new coronavirus variant in the
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Zim’s 1st case of ‘Indian variant’
ZIMBABWE has detected the first cases of the new coronavirus variant that emerged in India, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said
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WHO classifies India variant as being of global concern
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY and EMMA FARGE The World Health Organization announced yesterday that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last
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Four cases of ‘Indian variant’ in South Africa
SOUTH Africa has detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible
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‘South African variant may evade protection from Pfizer vaccine’
MAAYAN LUBELL THE coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa may evade the protection provided by Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some
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South African scientists’ COVID-19 breakthrough
RESEARCH by South African scientists suggests that antibodies triggered by exposure to the country’s dominant coronavirus variant can prevent infection
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South Africa backs Pfizer vaccine
ALEXANDER WINNING TWO of the South African government’s top advisers on COVID-19 backed Pfizer’s vaccine on Friday, despite a study
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