New variant of Covid-19 found in SA, and is spreading fast

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A new variant of Covid-19 has been identified in SA and is circulating widely - but it is not clear yet whether it is more severe than the original strains.

Night news editorHealth minister Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed on Friday that a new variant of Covid-19 has been identified in SA. File photo.A new variant of Covid-19 has been identified in SA and is circulating widely — but it is not clear yet whetherHealth minister Dr Zweli Mkhize made this revelation on Friday night, speaking at a briefing alongside top scientists including Prof Salim Abdool Karim and Prof Tulio de Oliveira.

Also worrying, Mkhize said, was that there was a shift in the clinical picture — in that a larger portion of younger people with no comorbidities were presenting with severe illness.He said the virus was “spreading faster than the first wave” and was “probably across most of SA by now”.“In other words, the severity is unclear. We have not seen any red flags, looking at our death information,” he said.

 

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