The new discovery, initially called B.1.1.529, carries an unusually large number of mutations and has been described as "clearly very different” from previous incarnations.
Two cases of the new Covid-19 strain raising alarm in parts of southern Africa have been found in travelers arriving in Hong Kong. A traveler from South Africa was found to have the variant currently known as B.1.1.529 while the other case was identified in a person quarantined in the hotel room…
(Bloomberg) Two cases of the new Covid-19 strain raising alarm in parts of southern Africa have been found in travelers arriving in Hong Kong.
A traveler from South Africa was found to have the variant currently known as B.1.1.