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No need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, says a virologist
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No need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, says a virologist

by Ian M. MacKay,  The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new viral variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It’s not a single virus but a clustering of genetically similar viruses, known as C.1.2. The researchers, in a pre-print study released last week but yet to be peer reviewed, found this cluster has picked up...

South Carolina identifies the first U.S. cases of coronavirus variant first seen in South Africa
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South Carolina identifies the first U.S. cases of coronavirus variant first seen in South Africa

By ANDREW JOSEPH @DrewQJoseph JANUARY 28, 2021 Reprints A colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (yellow).NIAID Health authorities have identified the first U.S. cases of Covid-19 caused by a fast-spreading form of the coronavirus initially seen in South Africa, in two people in South Carolina. Neither person has...