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New Covid strain infecting young people – with South Africa struggling to contain it
coronavirus which is more infectious and spreading among young people.The variant, referred to as 501.V2, has now detected in the UK and is thought to be more transmissible.Prof Salim Abdool Karim, the chairman of the South African Government’s ministerial advisory committee (MAC), earlier warned it is spreading faster than South Africa’s first wave.The strain makes up approximately 80-90% of new cases in the country.A much higher viral load – a greater amount of the virus – has been picked up in nasal swabs taken from patients suffering from the variant.
