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Professor Linda-Gail Bekker says 'so far, it looks like omicron has done its rounds'

Professor Linda-Gail Bekker says 'so far, it looks like omicron has done its rounds'
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Covid-19: Powerful T cells likely to protect against severe illness from Omicron, SA and US studies find

Certain disease-fighting cells known to offer protection from severe Covid-19 disease – and induced by vaccination or prior infection – still recognise Omicron, early research shows.

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7 Triple-vaxxed Mid-20s Germans Had Symptomatic Breakthrough Omicron Infection While in South Africa: Study

Seven healthy, fully vaccinated and fully boosted Germans aged 25, 26, 27, and 39 suffered symptomatic breakthrough Omicron infections in South Africa: study.

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Why people living with HIV and cancer may contribute to mutation of new variants

Africa Melane speaks to UCT virologist Prof Wendy Burgers about immunocompromised conditions and how SARS COV II can mutate.

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Hunt for coronavirus variants: How a new one was found

SINCE early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2.

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Why people living with HIV and cancer may contribute to new variants

Africa Melane speaks to UCT virologist Prof Wendy Burgers about immunocompromised conditions and how SARS COV II can mutate.

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The hunt for COVID variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far

Variant hunting, as exciting as that sounds, is performed through whole genome sequencing of samples that have tested positive for the virus.

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Should SA's scientists have disclosed variant so soon? Prof Preiser says yes

John Maytham speaks to Prof Wolfgang Preiser, Virology Head at Stellenbosch University who says there were enough alarm bells.

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The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far

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Preiser et al, How the new COVID-19 variant was found

Preiser et al, How the new COVID-19 variant was found
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