New Covid mutation: ‘we are alert, not alarmed’

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Virologist Prof Tulio de Oliveira has played down concerns after South Africa identified its first case of a Covid infection caused by the new highly transmissible XBB. 1.5 mutation.

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Only fools will believe this covid bullshit stories

Damn..you were hoping he was going to play them up.. Sounds like you bitterly disappointed.. PS.. No one cares for variant BS-023

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we want if the carrier is Chinese?

And South Africans will bluetick this variant too.

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