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Covid variant

Highly mutated Covid variant found globally, but the pandemic in 'a different phase’

Newsdeck

Highly mutated Covid variant found globally, but the pandemic in 'a different phase’

By Reuters

The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far

Africa

The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far

By Wolfgang Preiser, Cathrine Scheepers, Jinal Bhiman, Marietjie Venter & Tulio de Oliveira

‘Sniper attack’: Inside the Western Cape trial of a potentially variant-proof vaccine

Sci-Tech

‘Sniper attack’: Inside the Western Cape trial of a potentially variant-proof vaccine

By Elri Voigt

Global Virus Update: WHO warns of rebound; NYC variant under scrutiny: SA records 84 deaths — total now 50,077

South Africa

Global Virus Update: WHO warns of rebound; NYC variant under scrutiny: SA records 84 deaths — total now 50,077

By Bloomberg