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Glenn Goodman

1 Sept, 2021

The South African variant known as B1351 or 501V2 has worried scientists because of its unusually large number of mutations especially in the spike protein which the virus uses to attach to. South Africas Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the new variant of the virus known as 501V2 was fuelling the ongoing second wave of Covid-19 infections in the southern country.

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What we know about the South African coronavirus variant The SARS-CoV-2 virus variant that was first detected in South Africa has spread to dozens of countries.

New corona variant in south africa. So the new variant in the UK which weve identified is very different to the variant in South Africa its got different mutations said Susan Hopkins from Public Health England. South African researchers in November first discovered the new coronavirus variantwhich shows similarities to a variant found in December in the UK and it quickly became dominant in the. It was first identified in South Africa.

Hospitalised male Covid patients at 30 higher risk of dying. Another new coronavirus strain has been identified in South Africa just a few weeks after health officials discovered a more infectious strain shooting across the United Kingdom. South Africas health ministry said on Saturday it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible for a surge of infections and deaths in.

219 Zeilen Another variant of the virus which emerged in South Africa last year now. Scientists announced a separate SARS-CoV-2 variant reported last week in South Africa had now been spotted in two. New variant of coronavirus in South Africa leading to a surge in cases.

The new variant known as the B1351 lineage has quickly become the dominant strain in South Africa driving a rapid increase in infections up and down the coast. Professor Tulio DOliveira a member of the ministerial advisory committee confirmed on Saturday the Delta variant first detected in India is now the dominant strain in South Africa. Countries around the world have in recent days closed their borders to both Britain and South Africa following the identification of the new fast-spreading variants of the coronavirus.

Amid South Africas third wave of Covid-19 thanks to the spread of the Delta variant concerns have grown around another mutation of the virus which has. A new variant lineage of the Sars-CoV-2 virus which causes the coronavirus disease has been detected in South Africa scientists have announced. New coronavirus variants are fueling a second wave in Africa WHO warns Published Fri Jan 29 2021 652 AM EST Updated Fri Jan 29 2021 844 AM EST Elliot Smith ElliotSmithCNBC.

All viruses including the one that causes Covid-19 constantly mutate into new versions or variants. And on December 23 UK. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic multiple variants of the virus have developed including the B1351 variantwhich was initially discovered in South Africa in December 2020.

The new variant referred to as 501V2 was discovered by a network of scientists around South Africa who have been tracking the genetics of the SARS-COV-2 virus. Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has confirmed that the highly infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 is likely behind the current surge in new cases in South Africa with new data. The variant has been named as 501V2 South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Twitter adding that it was discovered through routine surveillance by the laboratories in the country.

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