{"id":1057151,"date":"2021-11-26T11:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T16:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057151"},"modified":"2021-11-26T11:59:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T16:59:44","slug":"south-africa-claims-found-new-covid-variant-mainstream-media-already-calls-new-strain-worst-ever-despite-lack-of-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-africa-claims-found-new-covid-variant-mainstream-media-already-calls-new-strain-worst-ever-despite-lack-of-data\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa claims found new COVID variant, mainstream media already calls new strain \u2018worst ever\u2019 despite lack of data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-africa-claims-found-new-covid-variant-mainstream-media-already-calls-new-strain-worst-ever-despite-lack-of-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2593893\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2593893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People lineup to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo\u2019s airport in Johannesburg, South Africa\u2019, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant that has been detected in South Africa. Scientists say it is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country\u2019s most populous province. (AP Photo\/Jerome Delay)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:32 AM PT \u2013 Friday, November 26, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>An alleged new variant of COVID-19 is found in South Africa amid media claims of rising cases ahead of the Christmas holiday season. In a statement Thursday, the South African Health Ministry said the new variant was first found in Hong Kong and Botswana among airline passengers from the rainbow nation.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have said the new variant has a \u201cconstellation of new mutations,\u201d but it\u2019s unclear how infectious it is. This comes after the Delta variant went into \u201cself-extinction\u201d in Japan due to multiple mutations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cEveryone that gets infected with the same viruses that transmitting and have the numbers to transmit to the population\u2026and that it is at the moment what we should be focusing at,\u201d stated Professor Tulio De Oliveira, Director of South African Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation. \u201cNot really on the origin of the variants, we will never know if the origins originate in South Africa, neighboring country or someone that arrived by plane.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are working around the clock to understand effects on 1) Transmissibility, 2) vaccines, 3) Re-infection, disease severity, and diagnostics. We do have funding for science, but South Africa and Africa need financial help to support their deprived population and health system.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tulio de Oliveira (@Tuliodna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tuliodna\/status\/1463911580555530248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mainstream media is already claiming the new variant is \u201cthe worst ever\u201d despite the lack of data on its transmissibility.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/energy-secy-granholm-talks-gas-prices\/\">Energy Secy. Granholm Talks Gas Prices<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People lineup to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo\u2019s airport in Johannesburg, South Africa\u2019, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. 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