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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
COVID Science: Latest

COVID Science: Latest

COVID-19
NANCY LAPID THE following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. India variant shows resistance to antibody drugs, vaccines Antibody drugs and COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against a coronavirus variant that was first detected in India, according to researchers. The variant, known as B.1.617.2, has mutations that make it more transmissible. It is now predominant in some parts of India and has spread to many other countries. A multicenter team of scientists in France studied a B.1.617.2…
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May
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Four cases of ‘Indian variant’ in South Africa

Four cases of ‘Indian variant’ in South Africa

COVID-19
SOUTH Africa has detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible for a surge of infections and deaths in the Asian country. Testing had also picked up 11 cases of the variant B.1.1.7 first detected in the UK, the health ministry said in a statement. "The Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa confirmed today that two variants of concern, other than the B.1.351 already dominating in South Africa, have been detected," Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. The four positive cases were detected in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, and all had…
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May
04
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Indian variant’ detected in Morocco

‘Indian variant’ detected in Morocco

COVID-19
MOROCCO has detected its first two cases of the Indian variant of the coronavirus whose contacts have been isolated to avoid contagion, the health ministry said yesterday. Morocco has banned flights with most countries and kept a night curfew in place to counter the spread of new variants. The North African kingdom has confirmed 511,912 cases of COVID-19 and registered nearly 9,032 deaths. It has rolled out vaccinations more rapidly than its neighbours, inoculating 5.1 million people to date. The variant, B.1.617, has reached at least 17 countries, from Britain and Iran to Switzerland, sparking global concern and spurring several…
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May
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Raising fears after Uganda detects Indian Covid variant

Raising fears after Uganda detects Indian Covid variant

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA has detected the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus, igniting fears the East African nation could suffer a resurgence of cases just when its outbreak has waned, a senior health official has disclosed. "Yes, we have got one individual who has that variant," Pontiano Kaleebu, head of the government-run Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) told Reuters. The variant, he said, had been detected in recent days on a Ugandan who had returned from a visit to India. He did not immediately have further information. Health Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Ainebyoona told Reuters the country's coronavirus task-force would discuss…
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