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South African scientists who discovered new COVID-19 variant share what they know – The Conversation CA
Scientists have observed that 501Y.V2 has quickly become “dominant” among multiple variants that have been circulating in the South African population.
Late last year the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) led by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) identified a rapidly spreading new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The new variant, called 501Y.V2, raises critical questions including whether current vaccines and treatments will still be effective.
With the support of the South African Medical Research Council and the Department of Science and Innovation, a group of leading…
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