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The new Covid-19 strain in South Africa: What we know

Covid-19 South Africa

A patient with the Covid-19 breaths in oxygen at Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town on December 29, 2020.

Photo credit: Rodger Bosch | AFP

By  AFP

A new coronavirus variant discovered by South African scientists is fuelling a surge of infections nationwide and raising global concern.

Here is what we know about the variant, dubbed 501Y.V2:

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