With the idea of herd immunity losing favour in India, a study out of South Africa could offer new hope about the highly infectious Omicron variant. Authors suggest Omicron could protect the people it infects against the more-severe Delta variant, which caused catastrophic scenes in India last year.
With the idea of herd immunity losing favour in India, a study out of South Africa could offer new hope about the highly infectious Omicron variant. Authors suggest Omicron could protect the people it infects against the more-severe Delta variant, which caused catastrophic scenes in India last year.
With the idea of herd immunity losing favour in India, a study out of South Africa could offer new hope about the highly infectious Omicron variant. Authors suggest Omicron could protect the people it infects against the more-severe Delta variant, which caused catastrophic scenes in India last year.
S.Africans urged not to be complacent after discovery about 2nd variant A genomics team lead by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) found people who ve been infected with this variant have a certain level of protection against reinfection. This undated handout picture courtesy of the British Health Protection Agency shows the coronavirus seen under an electron microscope. Picture: AFP.
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CAPE TOWN - Scientists have stressed that a recent discovery regarding the new coronavirus variant first studied in South Africa should not make people complacent.
A genomics team lead by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) found people who ve been infected with this variant have a certain level of protection against reinfection.