South Africa identifies new coronavirus strain causing surge in cases
AMMAN (Dec 19): South Africa has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections, the health minister said yesterday, days after Britain said it had also found a new variant of the virus boosting cases.
"We have convened this public briefing today to announce that a variant of the SARS-COV-2 Virus - currently termed 501.V2 Variant - has been identified by our genomics scientists here in South Africa," Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a tweet.
"The evidence that has been collated, therefore, strongly suggests that the current second wave we are experiencing is being driven by this new variant," Mkhize added.
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