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Prevention: A nurse tests a health worker for Covid-19 at a clinic in Johannesburg. (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)
DR BENJAMIN KAGIMA

Covid’s here to stay, so live with it

The world must be responsible in its reaction to the virus in all its varieties

  • Marcia Zali
7 min read
The US and South African medicines regulators have faced legal challenges regarding information used to review and approve Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. (Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BOITUMELO SEMETE MAKOKOKETLA

South Africa not yet at risk from newly emerged ‘Delta Plus’ mutation, say scientists

Scientists are collecting information on the new Delta Plus Covid-19 mutation, a sublineage of the Delta variant that is causing infections to rise globally

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
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501Y V2

‘Don’t panic’ about India Covid variant

Scientists in South Africa say there’s no evidence that the B.1.617 is worse than our local variant

  • Marcia Zali
5 min read