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Scientists sound alarm over new 'worst-ever' super-mutant COVID variant that could make vaccines 40% less effective as the UK and Israel ban travel from South Africa and five other countries but passengers continue to stream into US
 [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - The B.1.1.529 variant has a 'very unusual constellation' of mutations and may be more resistant to the vaccine
- Likely to be officially named Nu, variant might evade the body's immune response and be more transmissible
- There are currently 77 confirmed cases in South Africa, four in Botswana, one in Hong Kong and one in Israel
- However, the real numbers are likely much higher as health authorities establish the full scale of the spread
- Britain, Israel, Singapore, Germany and Ital are among increasing countries to block flights from South Africa
- There are no direct flights to US from any of the countries except South Africa. Early Friday morning, the CDC still listed South Africa as 'Level 1: Low Level of COVID-19' on the country's travel advice page
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-11-26 |
