Western honey bees likely originated in ASIA — and not in Africa as previously thought, study reveals Researchers from Canada’s York University sequenced 251 honey bee genomes Analysis indicated that the pollinating insect likely originated in Western Asia From here it spread to Africa and Europe and formed seven different […]
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NTUZUMA, South Africa — A few months ago, Sizakele Mathe, a community health worker in this sprawling hillside township on the edge of the city of Durban, was notified by a clinic that a neighbor had stopped picking up her medication. It was a warning sign that she had likely […]
Scientists in South Africa say omicron is at least three times more likely to cause reinfection than previous variants such as beta and delta, according to a preliminary study published Thursday. Statistical analysis of some 2.8 million positive coronavirus samples in South Africa, 35,670 of which were suspected to be […]
Underscoring increasing concerns about Omicron, scientists in South Africa said on Friday that the newest coronavirus variant appeared to spread more than twice as quickly as Delta, which had been considered the most contagious version of the virus. Omicron’s rapid spread results from a combination of contagiousness and an ability […]
How the emergence of the Omicron variant will shape the COVID-19 pandemic is still unclear, but new data from South Africa are worrisome. A study published yesterday as a preprint suggests Omicron is causing more infections in people who have recovered from an earlier bout with the virus, one sign […]
New UN Global Compact Africa strategy calls for broad-based collaboration of business, finance, trade groups, governments, civil society and United Nations New York, Dec. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New UN Global Compact Africa strategy calls for broad-based collaboration of business, finance, trade groups, governments, civil society and United Nations […]
The reproduction rate in the South African province at the epicentre of the Omicron outbreak has surged from below one to above three in less than a month, as the super-strain outpaces Delta at a ferocious pace. Public Health officials in Guateng province estimate that the R value — a […]
JOHANNESBURG — Dr. Sikhulile Moyo was analyzing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he noticed they looked startlingly different from others. Within days, the world was ablaze with the news that the coronavirus had a new variant of concern — one that appears to be driving […]