10 January 2021 - 09:32 By Ricardo Brito
Indigenous woman Alana Castro, 26, of the Satere Mawe ethnicity, watches during the burial of her father Joao Castro, 64, who passed away due to the Covid-19, at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, on January 8 2021.
Image: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Brazilian researchers have identified the concerning new coronavirus variant first discovered in SA in a woman who contracted Covid-19 for the second time, and said it was the first such case reported in the world.
There have been other cases of reinfection in Brazil and the South African variant had previous been detected, but reinfection with this mutation of the virus is believed to be a first, researchers said.