South African Covid strain

South African Covid strain

New Covid cases have 81% similarity with South African variant: icddr,b 

New Covid cases have 81% similarity with South African variant: icddr,b 

A woman walks past newspaper billboards during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

South Africa may sell AstraZeneca shots as it switches to J&J vaccine to fight variant

FILE PHOTO: Vials with AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at the vaccination centre in the Newcastle Eagles Community Arena, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Lee Smith

UK considers booster jab to combat South African Covid variant

File Photo: A member of the medical staff holds a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Foch hospital in Suresnes, near Paris, France, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Global health officials back AstraZeneca vaccine after South Africa study rings alarm

A public health information message is seen at a bus stop in West Ealing as the South African variant of the novel coronavirus is reported in parts of the United Kingdom amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

UK detects South African coronavirus variant in people with no travel links

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Fresh data show toll South African virus variant takes on vaccine efficacy

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters

Israel records four South African Covid-19 variant cases