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Asked and answered: Six things you need to know about the new Covid-19 variant in South Africa 21 Jan 2021 Following the December announcement of the new variant, researchers have been working to answer key questions about what this means for South Africa’s epidemic. (Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images) South Africa’s department of health gathered the country’s best and brightest for a virtual briefing on Monday evening. Here scientists presented the latest findings on a ...

Everything we know about 501.V2, the new Covid-19 variant identified in SA SA has more cases and deaths than anything we saw on any day during the first wave, says Prof Abdool Karim 18 January 2021 - 21:41 On Boxing Day last year, Prof Salim Abdool Karim, one of SA’s top infectious disease experts, set off to watch a cricket match. He arrived early and opened up his computer to check his e-mail. There was a message that would confirm his deepest fears of the latest variant of SARS-...