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A number of countries have announced travel bans to and from South Africa, citing fears of the new Covid-19 variant which was first discovered in the country.
COVID vaccines, scientist says South African variant unlikely to fully negate A variant of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa is unlikely to completely negate the immunising effects of vaccines, a researcher studying it told Reuters. British scientists expressed concern on Monday that COVID-19 vaccines may not be able to protect against the variant identified by South African genomics scientists and which has spread internationally.Reuters | Cape Town | Updated: 05-01-2021 23:18 IST | Created: 05-01-2021 23:15 IST
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A variant of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa is unlikely to completely negate the immunising effects of vaccines, a researcher studying it told Reuters.