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New Covid-19 variant threatens India's tour of South Africa

The cases are on the rise in the northern part of the country and at least two venues for the Test series - Johannesburg and Pretoria (near Centurion) - could become vulnerable to the spread of the...

In this Nov. 17, 2020, file photo, commuters wear face masks while walking through the World Trade Center's transportation hub in New York. AP Photo
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India’s ‘double mutant’ Covid-19 strain detected in US

South Africa Covid variant found in Bangladesh 
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South Africa Covid variant found in Bangladesh 

File Photo: A member of the medical staff holds a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Foch hospital in Suresnes, near Paris, France, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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Global health officials back AstraZeneca vaccine after South Africa study rings alarm

A public health information message is seen at a bus stop in West Ealing as the South African variant of the novel coronavirus is reported in parts of the United Kingdom amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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UK detects South African coronavirus variant in people with no travel links

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Fresh data show toll South African virus variant takes on vaccine efficacy

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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Pfizer vaccine likely works against UK variant: Studies

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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UK coronavirus strain detected in at least 60 countries: WHO

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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US Ohio researchers discover two new Covid-19 variants

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters
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Israel records four South African Covid-19 variant cases

India on Wednesday also extended the ban on flights to and from Britain by a week to 7 January. Picture: Reuters
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India recorded 29 cases of Covid-19 UK variant this week

First case of new Covid variant found in France as cases rise
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First case of new Covid variant found in France as cases rise

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask as a precaution against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks during lunch hour at the central business district in Singapore, December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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Singapore confirms first case of new coronavirus variant found in UK