The super-variant is said to have an extremely high number of mutations.
variantThe Department of Health is briefing the public on the situation around the newly discovered variant.
Experts in South Africa say they don't know if vaccines work against this particularKwaZulu-Natal Research and Innovation Sequencing Platform's Professor Tulio De Oliveira said earlier today that government had assembled a team of scientists to take a closer look.
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