The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says it expects that the current Covid-19 vaccines will continue to protect individuals from severe disease and death after a new mutation of the virus was detected.

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31 August 2021

Researchers identified a potential SARS-CoV-2 variant of interest and published the results last week. The variant was detected through genomic surveillance of the virus during the third wave of infections and was first discovered in Gauteng and Mpumalanga in May. Senior researcher at the NICD Prof Penny Moore says currently the incidence of the variant, called C.1.2 is very low.

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