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Minister of health Dr Joe Phaahla and deputy minister Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo are hosting a virtual question and answer media session on Friday.

This comes after a media briefing held by the department on Thursday on the latest developments around a new Covid-19 variant, called B.1.1.529, which was recently detected in SA.

 

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