S.Africa COVID variant worries UK, Israel

Updated November 26 2021 - 8:48am, first published 8:45am
Scientists say the S.African COVID strain is quite different to the one on which vaccines are based.
Scientists say the S.African COVID strain is quite different to the one on which vaccines are based.

A newly identified coronavirus variant that has spread in South Africa is the most concerning British health officials have seen as it has double the number of mutations of the Delta variant including some associated with evading immune response.

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