Explainer: What we know about the new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa

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Authorities around the world have reacted with alarm to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa.

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Healthcare workers assist patients being treated at a makeshift hospital run by charity organisation The Gift of the Givers, during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2021. REUTERS/ Sumaya Hishamto a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa.

The country has identified about 100 cases of the variant, mostly from its most populated province, Gauteng, where Johannesburg and Pretoria are located.All viruses - including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 - change over time. Most changes have little or no impact on their properties. South African scientists say some of the mutations are associated with resistance to neutralising antibodies and enhanced transmissibility, but others were not well understood, so its full significance is not yet clear.

No unusual symptoms have been reported following infection with the B.1.1.529 variant and, as with other variants, some individuals are asymptomatic, South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases said.South African scientists say early signs from diagnostic laboratories suggest it has spread rapidly in Gauteng and may already be present in the country's other eight provinces.

Scientists say early detection due to genomic surveillance in Botswana and South Africa may have limited the spread of the variant.

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My cousin who works for the CDC (verified) said that a symptom of this variant is being racist, hell I’ve been sick for years!

Another wave of fear called ‘wag the dog’

Interview Dr David Martin on the truth behind this story please 🙏

Watch out for this guy

Because of xi's influence

Did I miss all the other variants E through N?

Right on time for the holidays

All lies!

Been almost two years already, and we're still going through this...is it ever gonna end?

Omicron = anagram for Moronic

Well hopefully that shit doesn’t get to the states. I already had covid and that shit was not cool. I lost my smell and taste and I’m also losing my hair.

All this from the experts who can't even do anything for the common cold that's been around for ever

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