First cases of ‘SA variant’ detected
PANAMA has registered its first case of a COVID-19 variant matching a strain of the virus detected in South Africa,
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South African scientists who discovered new COVID-19 variant share what they know
LATE last year the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) led by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing
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Data on AstraZeneca vaccine and S.African variant should come soon – UK expert
DATA on the highly contagious COVID-19 variant identified in England do not suggest that vaccines will be less effective against
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South Africa testing vaccines on variant
ALEXANDER WINNING SOUTH African scientists are testing whether vaccines will be less effective against a COVID-19 variant first detected locally
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New variant: All you need to know
THERE is no indication that the coronavirus variant identified in South Africa is more transmissible than the one spreading fast
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Canada expands added screening to travellers from South Africa amid COVID-19 variant worries
CANADA has expanded enhanced screening and monitoring measures to travelers arriving from South Africa, citing the rise of a more
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