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30 cases of South African COVID-19 variant discovered in Israel

Scientists confirm discovery of UK Covid-19 variant in SA – The Citizen

South African coronavirus variant between 20 and 200% more infectious than original

South African coronavirus variant between 20 and 200% more infectious than original John Sparks, Africa correspondent The KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform does not exactly trip off the tongue. © Sky News Screen Grab South Africa has struggled to deal with the now dominant variant of COVID-19 That s probably why the people who work there, along with sister-organisation the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), call it KRISP. And the researchers at KRISP, led by Professor Tulio de Oliveira, have done some really important work in the last few months. The identification of the so-called COVID-19, a hardy and more infectious strain of coronavirus, was done in a congested KRISP laboratory tucked away on the ground floor.

BREAKING | SA scientists confirm UK s Covid-19 variant has been identified and found locally

Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo The coronavirus variant that was first identified in the UK in December has been detected in South Africa through genomic surveillance. This was reported by Professor Tulio de Oliveira in a tweet on Thursday. The variant, named B.1.1.7 (501Y.V1), has been detected in over 50 countries so far. The Covid-19 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom (UK) in December 2020 has been found in South Africa. Professor Tulio de Oliveira, director of the genomics surveillance lab KRISP (KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform), confirmed on Thursday on Twitter that the B.1.1.7 (501Y.V1) had been identified locally.

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