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The South African COVID-19 variant appears to evade antibody drugs, which is ‘very concerning,’ ex-FDA chief Scott Gottlieb says: FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb said the US needs ramp up vaccines before new COVID-19 variants, including the South African one, take hold.
South African variant unlikely to fully negate COVID vaccines, scientist says: A variant of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa is unlikely to completely negate the immunising effects of vaccines, a researcher studying it told Reuters.
The coronavirus variant in South Africa seems to evade antibody drugs, which is ‘very concerning,’ ex-FDA chief Scott Gottlieb says: Gottlieb said the US needed ramp up vaccines before new coronavirus variants, including one that has been identified in South Africa, take hold.
Dusi Canoe Marathon 2021 postponed for a month amid COVID-19 spike: The Dusi Canoe Marathon has been postponed for a month amid concerns over the spike in COVID-19 infections in KwaZulu-Natal.
New Year reveries in the land of pickled pigs and nervous kids: The melancholic torpor between Christmas and New Year found us stepping back to another age, a time of leafy old hotels, manners forgotten and ways long mourned.
Triple killing: Two men set alight and decapitated after suspected drug kingpin shot dead in Durban: The incident, the latest in a series of shootings in KwaZulu-Natal, happened on Monday afternoon. Gangs in Durban are believed to operate with criminals in other provinces, including the Western Cape, …
KZN man allegedly stabs ex-girlfriend 14 times: The heartless man stabbed the 36-year-old woman and left her for dead. The victim was rushed to hospital after she crawled to the neighbour’s house,’ said MEC Nonhlanhla Khoza.
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Mahatma Ghandi, political activist and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement actually started his political career in Durban when he arrived in 1893.
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