NEW COVID-19 VARIANT HITS BOTSWANA, SA

Scientists are monitoring a new Covid-19 variant with an “extremely high number” of mutations that has been detected in SA, Botswana and Hong Kong. Only 10 cases have been confirmed in the three countries by genomic sequencing but there is concern that the number of mutations could enable the virus to evade immunity, reports The Guardian. Dr Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London,