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South Africa's Covid-19 strain more contagious, experts confirm

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Paramedics assess a Covid-19 patient in Lenasia, Johannesburg on January 4, 2021. PHOTO | MICHELE SPATARI | AFP

By  AFP

Johannesburg

A new Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa is more contagious than earlier versions, experts said on Monday, but there is no evidence that it is more deadly.

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