Long queues stretched around the block at testing centres in eight areas of the UK early this morning as 350,000 Britons rushed to get checked for the South African strain of Covid as quickly as possible. Online booking systems were scrapped with residents at eight postcodes around the country encouraged to simply turn up in … Read more
By Eleanor Hayward Health Correspondent What is the South African variant? It was first found in Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province in mid-October. Like the UK’s Kent variant, the mutant strain quickly became dominant and drove a ferocious second wave. There are two key mutations that give it an advantage – these are … Read more
WHERE IS DOOR-TO-DOOR TESTING BEING OFFERED? London W7: Hanwell N17: Tottenham CR4: Mitcham West Midlands WS2: Walsall East of England EN10: Broxbourne South East ME15: Maidstone GU21: Woking North West PR9: Southport Residents in areas hit by the new South African strain of coronavirus have shared their fears it will ‘mess everything up’. Door-to-door coronavirus … Read more
Door-to-door testing for South African variant to start in Surrey after two people in Woking test positive for Covid despite not leaving country and having no links to previous cases By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 12:34 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 12:42 GMT, 1 February 2021 Residents in parts of … Read more
Roar-inspiring! Lion who was rescued from a cruel circus roams free in the African Bush two years after she was saved Sasha the rescued lioness is fighting fit again and free to roam the African bush The nine-year-old was among the animals saved from circuses in Guatemala Vets hope she will be roaming free in … Read more
BREAKING NEWS – South African ‘super-covid’ is in the US: Two South Carolina residents with NO travel history or link to each other test positive for highly-infectious variant Fauci warned may escape vaccines Two people in South Carolina are the first US cases of the South African variant Neither has a known history of travel … Read more
UK has identified 77 cases of South African Covid variant and nine of a Brazilian mutant that are under ‘close observation’ as experts warn virus is changing so fast new vaccines might be needed EVERY year Matt Hancock said 77 cases of South African and nine of Brazilian found in UK Health Secretary insisted cases, … Read more
The mutant South African coronavirus variant may make the current crop of vaccines 50 per cent less effective, Matt Hancock has sensationally claimed. In footage obtained by MailOnline, the Health Secretary warned allowing the variant to become the dominant strain in the UK could ruin Britain’s vaccination drive and send the country ‘back to square … Read more
Dr Anthony Fauci warned that the South African ‘super-covid’ variant is the one he and health experts around the world are most worried about because it might make vaccines less effective. The South African variant is ‘a little bit more concerning but not something that we don’t think we can handle,’ Dr Fauci said. He … Read more
The South African coronavirus mutation poses a ‘significant re-infection risk’ and could overpower vaccines, new research has found. The strains discovered in Britain, South Africa and Brazil all have mutations of a spike protein, which enables the virus to latch onto human cells and therefore plays a key role in driving infections. But it is one … Read more