FILE - A baby cries as her mother receives her Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19, in Diepsloot Township near Johannesburg Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. A new COVID-19 variant has been detected in South Africa that scientists say is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country's most populous province, Minister of Health Joe Phaahla announced Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021.
The World Health Organization’s technical working group is to meet Friday to assess the new variant and may decide whether or not to give it a name from the Greek alphabet. The new variant has a “constellation” of new mutations, said Tulio de Oliveira, from the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa, who has tracked the spread of the delta variant in the country.
De Oliveira said that a team of scientists from seven South African universities is studying the variant. They have 100 whole genomes of it and expect to have many more in the next few days, he said. “This is clearly a variant that we must be very serious about,” said Ravindra Gupta, professor of clinical microbiology at the University of Cambridge. “It has a high number of spike mutations that could affect transmissibility and immune response.”
About 41% of South Africa’s adults have been vaccinated and the number of shots being given per day is relatively low, at less than 130,000, significantly below the government’s target of 300,000 per day.
So young people now!? Now you have created something for young people ?!
Never taking any covid-19 vaccines no matter how many variants
You could Stop the nonsense today if you wanted… suits the WHO to keep everyone afraid.
BS
DOES ANYONE NOT KNOW THAT THE FLU FOR EXAMPLE MUTATES MILLIONS OF TIMES DAILY INCLUDING COLD SO ?
😱 Yhuuu! It’s so hard to keep up. This is very sad.
Been detected elsewhere - did not '1st appear' in S.A.
HERE WE GO AGAIN,,,,WAKE UP CITIZENS,,,THEY ARE SPREADING THIS BS IN EVERY WAKE HOUR TO GET THE NEW HOAX JAB
If the USA have a major outbreak, we will have a shortage of essential employees thanks to the mandates and firings.
If there is a major outbreak the USA is going to have a bigger shortage of essential personal thanks to the mandates and firings.
Vaccination Rate in South Africa: 23.8% When you have such low vaccination rates you can expect more transmission...which becomes more chance of a variant. We MUST do more to vaccinate the entire world. People in these countries, unlike our fellow Americans, WANT these shots.
POTUS closed the boarders right?
1% mortality this time. Next time, 10% or more. Bain gainoffunction research now.
Right on schedule. Every time the cases get low there's suddenly a new variant. They just don't want to give up their 15 minutes of fame.
Heartbreaking ❤️ something needs to be done 💭
Euro breeds
Covaxin.
Lies what about the trial for the sex trafficking
JFC. AP doing it’s very best to freak everyone out.
Restrict the travel now !!! Europe already started doing this . America can go through another deadly wave of spike . POTUS
For those who don't understand the scientific tweeter , here is a picture
GlobalVirusNews Et dire qu’il y a $ocgn 🤔
GetVaccinated
'Never let a good crisis go to waste'- Governments
Glad I’m immune
Some of the shares about this new Variant are omitting important descriptors like: 'Potential', 'Possible', 'Might', and 'May be' Creating unnecessary Anxiety, doubt, and distrust If Tweeters did read beyond Sensational Headlines, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place
The ‘coronavirus’ has had new strains for decades and decades. It will always happen. It’s what viruses do to survive Our best defense is a healthy immune system. The same defense for decades and decades. Centuries and centuries
Close Africa
When does the madness end smh
fake news, where is the proof?
Imagine that! This ' New Variant ' should be in the US just in time to push mail in ballots for the midterms. And the Unvacinated will be the excuse.
It’s time for Pfizer and Moderna to share vaccine info with the world and work to make this vaccine widely available. If we can’t make vaccine accessible for the world new variants will keep happening. Enough with this mentality of “either I make profit or you die”
Who cares if u get it if the survival rate is virtually 100 percent
all this shit starting happening when the vaccine came out. deaths and covid rate went up. how does no one realize that?!
Lol at all the fake news crowd… y’all really make the Herman Cain Awards interesting sometimes.
I think scientists making those variants just like they made COVID-19 cause the government need to kill off more ppl faster specially blacks ppl, poor ppl, middle class and old ppl! They test everything on African ppl first and it needs to stop!
TeamPelosi we need our scientists on this
This is exactly what china was looking to create when they released the chinesebioweapon
Never let an opportunity to show a black baby crying when writing a story. Does the baby have covid and crying out for help? Nah just a crying baby but it looks good for the AP. Discusting but predictable
So there should be specific travel regulations and even restrictions for S.A. Airlines need to do their thing and stop travel to S.A.
Please keep it confined to your area. Thank you
“Scientists”
There will ALWAYS be a new variant. I cannot believe people still quiver reading articles like these. The virus will find a way to keep living. We have to as well.
Shut the fucking borders , ban flights to and from South Africa
Who wants to earn $12000 daily?
a nEw vArIanT. Ppl still falling for this BS 😂
Fully vaxxed with boosters are the cases so when are you gonna let people know this info
Hopefully Joe bans travel to South Africa and doesn’t think it is xenophobic again
💔💔💔
Timing impeccable. Just as gov’ts begin to rollout jabs for 5-11 year olds, there comes a strain that rapidly spreads amongst the young. Nothing like a good scaremongering to get parents to wilfully comply and get their kids jabbed. Plan B anyone…
We know the narrative will be vaccines may not work … let’s see what they say
Prayers go out to them now
Glad we are all vaccinated in our house - kids too!
Not bothered all....
I predict it will hit the US late next summer just in time for more mail in voting funny business from Democrats.
so_solstice So of the thousands of photos you've obtained of Black people in Africa, you select the one with the crying distressed baby. You already know I see what you did.
FUD. Also, why use picture of a crying baby? There is no current evidence that this new variant has led to any massive deaths or illness.
Love the fud keep stocks low at open we retail don't buy into your fear tactic anymore
Pfizer, moderna.... will do anything, buy anyone to make the vaccines a subscription model, a shot every 3 months
Every other pandemic would have been over by now. Each variant would weaken. I wonder what makes this one different. Anyone?
I don’t even bother to read these propaganda industry, AP use to be a good source but now garbage
I’m so tired
New variant huh
New variant discovered in fully vaccinated only
Fear mongering bollocks !!!
The world is tired of Chinese virus.
I hope the Biden administration can find out the source of the virus!
Ugh
If it's not more virulent compared to Delta, do your bit, don't scare the masses.
Hope those quarantine hubs are still being built.
This pic funny 😂
Turns out the jabbed are the variant factories
We. Don’t. Care. Nobody read this shit and watch it just disappear.
wow
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