A South African virology expert says there's no need for South Africans to be alarmed over the spread of the new covid-19 variant - recently discovered in India - here in South Africa.

A South African virology expert says there’s no need for South Africans to be alarmed over the spread of the new covid-19 variant – recently discovered in India – here in South Africa.

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12 May 2021

Disease-expert and Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 Vaccines, prof. Barry Schoub, says the variant is being closely monitored by the Health Department.

He says although the variant has been noted to be just as transmissible as the B.1.351-variant – first detected here in South Africa – there should be no cause for panic.