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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has likely entered a new wave of Covid-19 earlier than expected as new infections and hospitalisations have risen rapidly over the past two weeks, the country's health minister said on Friday. The increase in new…

JOHANNESBURG: The lockdown restrictions in South Africa will remain at the lowest Level One of its five-level strategy despite the country registering a record number of 26,976 infections overnight amid a fourth wave of the coronavirus,…

NEW DELHI: A new Covid-19 variant has been detected by South African scientists in small numbers, they said on Thursday. The experts are working to understand its potential implications. Here's all you need to know about this new variant-*…

A new “doomsday” Covid variant has been discovered, with health experts fearing it moves nearly “twice as fast” as the deadly Delta strain.A “doomsday” Covid variant has been detected in South Africa – and there are warnings it is worse…