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The variant has also been detected in Hong Kong, China and Botswana.
While the variant has been detected in South Africa, this does not mean it is from this country.
The Health Minister, Joe Phaahla, together with scientists Prof Tulio de Oliveira and Dr Richard Lessells, reported on the new variant this afternoon in an address to the public and media.
Rising cases
Over the past 24 hours there have been 1,275 new cases and 22 more deaths. This is a 3.6% increase in the positivity rate over this period. Gauteng leads the way with 1,018 cases, followed by the Western Cape with 61 cases and then KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) with 41.
“The new cases in Gauteng appeared to be in the Tshwane area, and mostly among students,” says the minister.
At first the rise in cases were thought to be cluster outbreaks, but early signs from diagnostic laboratories showed that B1.1.529 has rapidly increased in Gauteng and could already have spread to other provinces.
Unknown behaviour
“The concern is that B1.1.529 has a high number of mutations making it difficult for scientists to predict its behaviour,” adds the minister.
De Oliveira says while we can make some predictions about the impact of the variant, the full significance is uncertain.
“Not a lot is understood about this variant,” adds Lessells.
“We are trying to characterise the impact of the mutations on the behaviour of the virus,” he says.
This includes:
How transmissible is this mutation?
How will it affect vaccine and the protection is provides?
What is the risk of reinfection?
Will disease severity be more or less?
What diagnostics are needed?
De Oliveira admits that the variant has surprised them. “It has many more mutations than expected and the concern is that the cases will rise rapidly. However, this early detection has given us some time to prepare,” he says.
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