NEW CORONAVIRUS STRAIN FOUND IN SOUTH AFRICA.

 Dec 25,2020 

  It is to be found that the new corona virus strain have been found in South

 africa. A new virus variant that was detected in the UK has a mutation occurring at

a site common with the South African strain, known as 501.V2, but they are “two

completely independent lineages,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement

late Thursday. There’s no evidence that 501.V2 causes more severedisease or

increased mortality than any other variant that’s been sequenced around the world,

he said.

South African health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize rejected allegations made by UK with respect to the new strain of coronavirus. UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that flights from South Africa will be banned and that anyone who’s been there in the past two weeks must quarantine immediately. Several other countries have also halted flights from South Africa

                                    Mkhize’s comments came a day after UK Health Secretary Matt  Hancock announced that flights from South Africa will be banned and that anyone who’sbeen there in the past two weeks must quarantine immediately. Several other countries have also halted flights from South Africa

                                     The new UK strain was identified about a month before the South African variant appeared to have developed, Mkhize said, citing ongoing research by the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa, which was launched in June. He described Hancock’s announcement as “unfortunate.”