University of KwaZulu-Natal geneticist Professor Tulio de Oliveira has on Twitter called on the world not to isolate South Africa and the continent for raising the alarm about the new variant of concern.

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De Oliveira, who is also the director of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (Krisp), has requested that global financial organisations and billionaires, like Elon Musk, help to support SA and Africa, in efforts to manage and extinguish variants.

Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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