Dr. Joe Phaahla, the Health Minister of South Africa took issue with countries who've enacted travel bans on South Africa after they identified a new COVID-19 variant.
Dr. Joe Phaahla, the Health Minister of South Africa took issue with countries who've enacted travel bans on South Africa after they identified a new COVID-19 variant.
The U.N. health agency recognized the new Covid strain, first referred to as lineage B.1.1.529 and now named omicron, as a variant of concern. Experts fear a sharp upswing of Covid cases in South Africa’s Gauteng province where the heavily mutated strain was first identified could mean it has greater
An investigation is underway into the deaths of five children in two separate incidents, which some fear may have resulted from them eating instant noodles.