COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529

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WHO meets to discuss new, ‘heavily mutated’ COVID-19 variant
ByMichael Armstrong November 26, 2021

Variant seems to be most heavily mutated so far in outbreak The World Health Organization is holding a meeting Friday to discuss the dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases in South Africa that has been blamed on a new variant of the virus. Joe Phaahla, South Africa’s minister of health, identified the new variant as B.1.1.529,…

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EU, UK, Israel to halt air travel to southern Africa over new COVID-19 variant
ByMichael Armstrong November 26, 2021

World Health Organization warns leaders against ‘knee-jerk responses.’ Nations took swift action Friday to halt air travel from southern Africa in reaction to news of a new, transmissible COVID-19 variant. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned against hastily imposing travel restrictions linked to the B.1.1.529 variant, warning officials to avoid “knee-jerk responses,” the 27-nation…

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