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CDC foresees spread in U.S. of highly contagious coronavirus variant Joel Achenbach, Ben Guarino Replay Video The mutant variant of the novel coronavirus first seen in Britain is likely to be present in much of the United States. Although the variant has so far been detected in a very small fraction of infections, it shows signs of spreading and may become significantly more common in coming weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and infectious-disease experts. The cases have been mostly isolated: One in New York, one in Florida, one in Georgia...

Scientists in South Africa are urgently testing to see if the vaccines for COVID-19 will be effective against the country’s variant virus.

Views: Visits 36 This file photo taken on August 18, 2020 shows a customer buying alcohol at a liquor shop in Craighall Park, Johannesburg. Michele Spatari / AFP President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a new ban on alcohol sales and said mask-wearing will be mandatory in public after South Africa became the continent’s first to record one million coronavirus cases. Ramaphosa justified a raft of new measures by a “rapid rise” in infections, most by a new strain of the virus feared to be more contagious. He pointed the finger at “super-spreader” social events and an “...

Views: Visits 41 FILES) This file photo was taken on July 13, 2020, shows a woman walking past a closed liquor shop in Soweto. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on December 28, 2020, announced a ban on alcohol sales and said mask-wearing would be mandatory in public as his country became the continent’s first to record one million coronavirus cases.  Michele Spatari / AFP South Africa banned alcohol sales and made masks mandatory in public from Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases, as the World Health Organization warned that pandemics far more deadly than Covid-19 may...

Channels Television   Updated December 29, 2020 FILES) This file photo was taken on July 13, 2020, shows a woman walking past a closed liquor shop in Soweto. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on December 28, 2020, announced a ban on alcohol sales and said mask-wearing would be mandatory in public as his country became the continent’s first to record one million coronavirus cases.  Michele Spatari / AFP   South Africa banned alcohol sales and made masks mandatory in public from Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases, as the World Health Organization warned that pandemics far mor...