Travel bans over new 'Omicron' coronavirus variant are unjustified, says South Africa : Rashtra News South Africa said on Friday that imposing restrictions on travellers from the country because of a newly identified Covid-19 variant was unjustified, after a British ban on flights from southern African countries that others have followed. Health Minister Joe Phaahla told
A new Covid-19 subvariant, detected for the first time in South Africa on Friday, is one of thousands that scientists have recorded since Omicron was first detected by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa more than a year ago.
An Advocate for Africa. With rigorous science and good-humored braggadocio, Tulio de Oliveira champions coronavirus research from the Global South This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. As Americans began to stir.
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Indications are that the virus that causes Covid-19 is going to continue evolving and escaping the protection against infection people already have. Researchers are working on next-generation vaccines tailored to fight off specific versions of the virus, like Omicron BA.4 and BA.5. But can thes.