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No Indian COVID-19 variant found in South Africa yet: NICD after traveller tests positive
A traveller from India has been placed in isolation at a hospital in Durban after he was tested positive for COVID-19, although it has not yet been confirmed what variant infected the person.
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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has so far not detected the Indian variant of the COVID-19 virus that is wreaking havoc in India, the country s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said after a traveller from India tested positive.
A traveller from India has been placed in isolation at a hospital in Durban after he was tested positive for COVID-19, although it has not yet been confirmed what variant infected the person.
Amid Covid surge, South Africa health min aims to vaccinate for herd immunity
A passenger receives a nasal swab from a healthcare worker in South Africa
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. Updated: 07 Jan 2021, 03:33 PM IST Reuters
A more contagious coronavirus mutant, first found on South Africa s east coast late last year, is driving a second wave of infections
This week, deaths in South Africa surpassed 30,000
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South Africa s health minister on Thursday detailed plans to vaccinate 40 million people or two-thirds of its population against Covid-19 in order to achieve herd immunity, as a mutant variant drove daily new cases above 21,000 for the first time.