Israel detects case of new Covid variant found for the first time in South Africa
Jerusalem:
Israel has identified a case of the Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations detected for the first time in South Africa, the Health Ministry said on Friday, the Health Ministry said.
“Variants detected in southern African states have been identified in Israel,” the health ministry said, adding it was recorded “in one person returning from Malawi”, with “two more cases”. cases of people returning from abroad” are placed in quarantine.
It comes a day after scientists in South Africa said they had discovered a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for the rise in numbers. amount of infection.
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