South Africa: South African Scientists Who Discovered New Covid-19 Variant Share What They Know

[The Conversation Africa] Late last year the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) led by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) identified a rapidly spreading new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The new variant, called 501Y.V2, raises critical questions - including whether current vaccines and treatments will still be effective.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news