Health workers chat near an ambulance at the parking lot of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, amid a nationwide coronavirus disease lockdown, in Pretoria, South Africa, January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
The 501Y.V2 variant was identified by South African genomics experts late last year. It has been the main driver of a second wave of national COVID-19 infections, which hit a new daily peak above 21,000 cases earlier this month. “Convalescent serum studies suggest natural antibodies are less effective,” Abdool Karim said, introducing the research, “ current data suggest the new variant is not more severe.”
Scientists speaking at the virtual panel on Monday said there was not yet a clear answer to that question and that studies were continuing.
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