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Moderna says COVID vaccine effective against UK, S.Africa variants

US biotechnology firm Moderna on Monday said lab studies showed its COVID-19 vaccine remains effective against variants of the coronavirus first identified in the...

Scientists probe how COVID-19 variants spread

PARIS—The emergence of several, more infectious strains of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has worried governments and scientists, who are investigating how and why the...

S. African variant more contagious, not more deadly

A new variant of the coronavirus first identified in South Africa is more contagious than earlier versions, experts said on Tuesday, but there is...

South Africa virus strain more contagious, experts confirm

A new variant of the coronavirus first identified in South Africa is more contagious than earlier versions, experts said on Monday, but there is...

Interfaith prayers for South African COVID patients, hospital staff

Muslims and Christians stand side by side, hands open to the sky or pressed together as they pray for coronavirus patients and healthcare workers...

Israel records four South African COVID-19 variant cases

Israel's health ministry said Saturday four people had tested positive for the novel coronavirus strain first detected in South Africa, with the British variant...

What we do and don’t know about new COVID mutations

Paris—The emergence in Britain and South Africa of two new variants of Sars-CoV-2, which are potentially far more infectious versions of the virus, has...

Denmark bars South African residents

Denmark said it is barring entry to residents of South Africa due to fears over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus...

South Africa bans alcohol sales; made masks mandatory

South Africa banned alcohol sales and made masks mandatory in public from Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases, as the World Health Organization...

Germany bans arrivals from UK

Germany on Tuesday extended a ban on arrivals from Britain, Northern Ireland and South Africa until January 6 after a new more infectious coronavirus...

S.African police fire teargas at anti-racism protesters

Police fired teargas at opposition activists protesting Friday against alleged racism at a Cape Town school where a whites-only dance party was allegedly organised...

100 pupils test positive for Covid at Zimbabwe school

A hundred students at a high school in northwestern Zimbabwe have tested positive for coronavirus, the government said Tuesday, raising fears of a new...

No room for abortions: unwanted pregnancies in virus-hit South Africa

South African student Jessica* had already missed two periods when she shyly slipped into a clinic to seek an abortion in early July, as...

Life returning to normal in Africa, but virus fears linger

"Things are getting back to normal, even though it will never be like it was before," says a relieved Petunia Maseko, relaxing in a...
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