The claims of COVID-19’s new variant – Omicron initially announced to have started in South Africa have been denied as the virus was already in the Netherlands, Europe before it was detected by South African scientists. The claims led to nations banning flights from Southern African countries, an action criticised by South Africans, the World...
Africa’s most affected country by COVID-19, South Africa has announced that the country is currently under another Covid variant attack. Speaking at an emergency news conference the country’s virologist, Tulio de Oliveira said that the variant has a high mutation level compared to the other variants. “Unfortunately we have detected a new variant, which is...