WHO holds meeting about new COVID variant

By Jamey Keaten
Updated November 26 2021 - 11:18pm, first published 11:12pm
We don't know much about the new variant, says WHO's technical lead on COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkhove.
We don't know much about the new variant, says WHO's technical lead on COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkhove.

Advisers to the World Health Organisation are holding a special session to flesh out information about a worrying new variant of the coronavirus that has been detected in South Africa, though a top expert says its impact on COVID-19 vaccines may not be known for weeks.

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