1.0South Africa Journalhttps://southafricajournal.comsjadminhttps://southafricajournal.com/author/sjadmin-s/Everything you need to know about the new COVID variant discovered in SA - South Africa Journalrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RacwR8wesw"><a href="https://southafricajournal.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-covid-variant-discovered-in-sa/">Everything you need to know about the new COVID variant discovered in SA</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricajournal.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-covid-variant-discovered-in-sa/embed/#?secret=RacwR8wesw" width="600" height="338" title="“Everything you need to know about the new COVID variant discovered in SA” — South Africa Journal" data-secret="RacwR8wesw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> South Africa confirmed on Thursday that it has detected the new Coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 in the country.The variant was discovered through collaborative efforts with private laboratories and the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NG...