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South African Covid-19 variant likely widespread

16 March 2021

As the South African variant of Covid-19 is identified through gene sequencing, and around 5-10% of cases are sequenced, “you can immediately tell from that that we have a big under-estimation of the number of cases,” says Professor Andrew Hayward (UCL Epidemiology & Health).

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