Another COVID-19 variant with multiple mutations is the subject of a special meeting called by the World Health Organization for Friday.The meeting on the B.1.1.529 variant detected in South Africa will focus on what the new variant m…
The U.S. will speak Friday with scientists in South Africa for data on the emerging, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant detected there, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
The World Health Organization said a heavily mutated version of the virus that causes Covid-19 poses a possible increased risk of reinfection. The WHO labeled the strain as omicron and said it’s a variant of concern. South African scientist Tulio de Oliveira said in a media briefing that the variant contains more