COLUMBIA, S.C. - A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has been found in the United States for the first time, with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina, state health officials said ...

We report 13,347 new #COVID19 cases identified in South Africa, which brings the total number o to 1,954,466. 226 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total to 60,264 to date. The ...

The U.S. said Friday that it would restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries amid fears that a newly-discovered COVID-19 variant could lead to a surge of worldwide cases and deaths.

The current vaccines will still prevent severe illness and hospitalization. Since the emergence of several new COVID-19 variants across the globe, scientists have been racing to understand their ...

COVID-19 Update: A total of 12237 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with 1567 new cases. Regrettably, we report 149 more COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total number of deaths ...

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - South African coronavirus cases reported since the first infection in early March surpassed 700,000 on Friday, the health ministry said, amid fears of an impending ...

Britain’s health secretary on Monday warned that the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa is a "very significant problem" and poses more of a risk than others. Matt Hancock told BBC ...

A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during the country's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, ...

Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment, bamlanivimab, is ineffective in treating patients infected with B.1.351, the novel coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa, according ...