South Africa’s virus variant drives holiday surge of cases
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's normally joyful and lively Christmas celebrations have been dampened by the spike in new ...
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New Covid strain in South Africa: Is it different to the UK variant?
South Africa has identified a new variant of the novel coronavirus, which authorities believe is driving a surge in ...
UK imposes more lockdowns as mutated COVID variant causes record cases
The British government on Wednesday said huge swathes of England would be placed under its strictest COVID-19 restrictions as ...
Another new coronavirus variant found in Nigeria, says Africa CDC
NAIROBI: Another new variant of the novel coronavirus seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head of Africa's disease ...
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: South African Covid-19 Variant May be ‘More Effective at Spreading’; One Million Vaccinated as US Eyes Return to Normal Next Summer
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: The South African variant of Covid-19, two cases of which have now been detected in ...
Coronavirus Variant Is Indeed More Transmissible, New Study Suggests
The team then projected what the new variant would do over the next six months and built models that ...
UK imposes more lockdowns as new Covid variant causes record cases
The number of recorded deaths - 744 - was also the highest figure since April. The British ...
U.K. Tightens Restrictions as Alarm About Virus Variant Grows
LONDON — The British authorities put even more areas of England under the tightest restrictions on Wednesday as officials ...
UK quarantines travelers from South Africa as one more Covid variant detected
Hancock said the new variant has ‘mutated further’ than the one that recently prompted the British government to tighten ...
New ‘more transmissible’ coronavirus variant discovered in UK
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that a new “highly concerning” variant of the coronavirus has been discovered in ...