Health
COVID-19: Alert level 4 lockdown likely needed if new coronavirus strains found in the community – Shaun Hendy – Newshub
“Level 3 was effective back in August – but I think if you take into account the extra infectiousness of these new variants, level 3 is probably not strong enough.”…
The Ministry of Health reported on Sunday the first case of the South African variant has now been detected at the border.
While less is known about this variant, ESR scientist Joep de Ligt said it seemed to be more transmissible than the original but less so than the UK variant.
“That’s another one that we’re monitoring very closely to see if that one’s coming in and how it’s behaving.
“We’re also keeping tabs on anything that we see coming in that might not have been described globally because…
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