South Africa’s Health Minister Joe Phaahla stated that the new variant was first discovered in Botswana, but stated that "no one really knows where this variant originated from" PRETORIA ...

By Gwynne Dyer – The new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus was discovered last week by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, the only countries in southern Africa that have the skills and ...

Variants will emerge when the disease is circulating ... The easiest thing Western governments could do is open the supply floodgates. (Botswana has just 2.4 million people and an effective ...

Cases have so far been noted in South Africa, Hong Kong, Belgium, Botswana and Israel. Dr Tom Peacock, a virologist at Imperial College London, tweeted that the variant “very, very much should ...

According to press reports, three cases of the new B.1.1.529 variant have been recorded in Botswana, six in South Africa and one in Hong Kong. This new variant arises amid the increase in COVID-19 ...

Kenewendo is promoting her country’s gems against an onslaught from cheaper, lab-grown variants, which have crushed prices ...