JOHANNESBURG: South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in a small number of cases and are working to understand its potential implications. \u0022Unfortunately we have detected a new variant which is a reason for concern in South Africa,\u0022 virologist Tulio de Oliveira told a hastily-called n
JOHANNESBURG: South African scientists have detected a new COVID-19 variant in a small number of cases and are working to understand its potential implications.
However, it was too early to say whether the government would impose tougher restrictions in response, said Phaahla. South Africa has requested an urgent sitting of a World Health Organization working group on virus evolution on Friday to discuss the new variant.Scientists said the new variant has at least 10 mutations, compared to two for Delta or three for Beta.
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