Britain and South Africa are both suffering resurgences of coronavirus which they are blaming on newly-identified mutations of the disease
South Africa's coronavirus mutant is driving a second wave and more than 8,500 have been hospitalised - surpassing the country's first wave peak of 8,300 inpatients
* Cases in South Africa have spiked from 3,000 to 9,500 per day in three weeks
* New strain announced last Friday and accounts for up to 90% of SA's new cases
* Strain called 501.V2 believed to be more extreme than one discovered in Britain
* Two cases of SA mutant detected in Britain, Hancock calls it 'highly concerning'
* Scientists say it is more transmissible but so far not believed to be more deadly
* UK, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Israel and Mauritius banned flights from SA
Britain today banned travel to South Africa after discovering two cases of a mutant Covid-19 which has been is driving a massive second wave among young people in the country.
The mutant, called 501.V2, was announced in Cape Town last Friday and is believed to be a more extreme variant than Britain's new Covid strain which has plunged millions into miserable Christmas lockdowns.
Cases in South Africa have soared from fewer than 3,000 a day at the start of December to more than 9,500 per day, with the mutant accounting for up to 90 percent of those new infections.
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WNU Editor: This new strain has already spread to the U.K. .... Mutated coronavirus variant from S.Africa found in UK, health minister says (Reuters). This new strain is raising a lot of red flags.
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