Talk:South African COVID variant

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"South African variant"

:*{{cite news|title=South African COVID-19 variant present in Ireland - health chief

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:*{{cite news|title=Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants -study

|newspaper=Reuters|date=2021-01-08|last=|first=|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine/pfizer-biontech-vaccine-appears-effective-against-mutation-in-new-coronavirus-variants-study-idUSL1N2JI2LZ

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:*{{cite journal|title=South African variant ‘unlikely to bypass the protection provided by vaccines’|url=https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/covid-19-south-african-variant-unlikely-to-bypass-the-protection-provided-by-vaccines/|journal=BBC Science Focus|date=2021-01-05}}

:*File:Pictogram voting support.svg {{cite news|title=Expert reaction to the South African variant

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:*File:Pictogram voting support.svg {{cite news|title=Implications of the Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variant VUI 202012/01|newspaper=US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|date=2020-12-22|last=|first=|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/scientific-brief-emerging-variant.html|archiveurl=|archivedate=|quote=The South African variant also has the N501Y mutation and several other mutations but emerged completely independently of the UK strain and is not related to it.

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"South African COVID variant"

:*{{cite news|title=South African COVID variant found in Germany

|newspaper=Deutsche Welle|date=2021-01-12|url=https://www.dw.com/en/south-african-covid-variant-found-in-germany/a-56205752

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:*{{cite news|title=Public Health England steps up surveillance of South African Covid variant

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:*{{cite news|title=South African Covid variant may affect vaccine efficacy, warn scientists

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:*File:Pictogram voting support.svg {{cite news|title=Will South African COVID variant evade vaccine?|newspaper=Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (press release)|date=2021-01-08|last=|first=|url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/01/will-south-african-covid-variant-evade-vaccine/

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"South Africa COVID variant"

:*{{cite news|title=Matt Hancock ‘incredibly worried’ about South Africa Covid variant|newspaper=The Independent|date=2021-01-04|last=|first=|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-variant-south-africa-matt-hancock-b1781903.html

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:*{{cite news|title=S Africa COVID variant more infectious than UK strain: Hancock

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"South African COVID-19 variant"

:*{{cite news|title=South African COVID-19 variant present in Ireland - health chief

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:*{{cite news|title=Canada's first case of South African COVID-19 variant found in Alberta

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South Africa's COVID-19 variant

:*{{cite news|title=South Africa's Covid-19 variant spurred discovery of the UK's|newspaper=CNN|date=2021-01-06|last=|first=|url=https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-01-06-21/h_860a1fc1f0094914a6bfd895044cab8e|archiveurl=https://archive.is/k3plM|archivedate=2021-01-09

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:*{{cite news|title='This is worrisome.' SA's new Covid variant now dominates in KZN too

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"South African coronavirus variant"

:*{{cite news|title=South African coronavirus variant detected in reinfection case in Brazil|newspaper=Reuters|date=2021-01-09|last=|first=|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-reinfection/south-african-coronavirus-variant-detected-in-reinfection-case-in-brazil-idUSKBN29E08M}}

:*{{cite news|title=Analysis: why the South African coronavirus variant is so worrying|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=2021-01-08|last=|first=|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/08/south-african-covid-variant-coronavirus-strain-why-dangerous-vaccine/

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"South Africa's coronavirus variant"

:*{{cite news|title=What we know about South Africa's coronavirus variant|newspaper=Agence France-Presse|date=2021-01-12|url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/know-south-africas-coronavirus-variant-150708387.html

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:*{{cite news|title=South Africa’s coronavirus variant fuels spike in cases, stretches hospitals|newspaper=Associated Press|date=2020-12-25|last=|first=|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3115380/south-africas-coronavirus-variant-fuels-spike-cases-stretches

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