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New reported infections. South Africa 6, Morocco 5, Tunisia 3, Zambia 2, Mozambique 2, New reported deaths. South Africa Egypt Zimbabwe Tunisia South Africa has seen a dramatic rise in new infections, Phaahla said at an online press briefing. Scientists in South Africa are working to determine what percentage of the new cases have been caused by the new variant. Currently identified as B.

The World Health Organization's technical working group is to meet Friday to assess the new variant and may decide whether or not to give it a name from the Greek alphabet. The British government announced that it was banning flights from South Africa and five other southern African countries effective at noon GMT on Friday, and that anyone who had recently arrived from those countries would be asked to take a coronavirus test.

We do expect to start seeing pressure in the health care system in the next few days and weeks. De Oliveira said that a team of scientists from seven South African universities is studying the variant. They have whole genomes of it and expect to have many more in the next few days, he said. The one piece of good news is that it can be detected by a PCR test, he said. In Nigeria, only 1. It's slightly higher in Egypt at 4. Read more from Reality Check. Send us your questions. Image source, AFP.

Few African countries have the facilities needed to identify new variants. Where are cases and deaths rising? South Africa has had the most cases on the continent. Show more. Is the Delta variant to blame? It has been reported in 17 countries so far. What are the different variants of Covid?

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