SA Covid-19 variant binds more easily to human cells making it more infectious - Karim

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SA Covid-19 variant binds more easily to human cells making it more infectious - Karim

Salim Abdool Karim explained that, during the recent festive period, the South Africa variant was the likely cause of one in three Covid-19 tests coming back positive.

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