South African scientists identify new COVID variant with ‘increased transmissibility’

A new, potentially more contagious variant of COVID-19 has been found in South Africa, and elsewhere, according to new research. The C.1.2. variant was discovered by scientists from South African groups the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform, known as Krisp and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. It was first flagged in May and has since been spotted in …

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