{"id":1057284,"date":"2021-11-26T12:43:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057284"},"modified":"2021-11-26T12:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:43:32","slug":"w-h-o-officials-to-meet-regarding-latest-coronavirus-variant-on-rise-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/w-h-o-officials-to-meet-regarding-latest-coronavirus-variant-on-rise-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"W.H.O. Officials to Meet Regarding Latest Coronavirus Variant on Rise in South Africa"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fw-h-o-officials-to-meet-regarding-latest-coronavirus-variant-on-rise-in-south-africa%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=1057284&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/switzerland-china-virus-outbreak-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-director-of-health-organization-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">World Health Organization (W.H.O.) officials will meet Friday to address concerns regarding the latest coronavirus variant on the rise in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the variant is <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/11\/26\/new-covid-variant-south-africa-nu-mutations-delta-dominant-strain\/\">named<\/a>&nbsp;B.1.1.529, but the W.H.O.\u2019s technical working group will discuss whether&nbsp;B.1.1.529 should be assigned a name from the Greek alphabet, according to Fortune. If so, the variant will be most likely be named \u201cNu.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The variant was first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/11\/25\/1059272133\/new-covid-19-variant-in-south-africa-raises-concern\">discovered<\/a> in Botswana and has been making its way through South Africa, including Johannesburg, NPR reports, citing the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>During an online press briefing on Thursday, South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-africa-public-health-2b15d77e29c2607d4686e059e3313391\">announced<\/a> that the country had seen a substantial rise in infections, per the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cOver the last four or five days, there has been more of an exponential rise,\u201d he stated and added that&nbsp;<\/span><span>B.1.1.529 seems to be the catalyst for the spike.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>South Africa had been reporting just over 200 new cases a day for a stretch before the new variant came to light, per the Associated Press. In the past week, new daily cases have soared. On Wednesday, the country reported upwards of 1200 new cases, and on Thursday, it documented 2,465 new cases.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6438356164384\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said since the Delta variant wave of the coronavirus pandemic has already run its course, the impact of the new \u201cconfusing\u201d CDC mask guidelines will not have a big impact. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GK2q2TQBNF\">https:\/\/t.co\/GK2q2TQBNF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1420502024358092803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The variant reportedly carries an array of mutations which is a central concern among health officials.<\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cThis new variant has many, many more mutations,\u201d said Tulio de Oliviera of South Africa\u2019s Network for Genomic Surveillance, per the AP. He added that the variant is capable of over 30 mutations to the spike protein which influences transmissibility.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe can see that the variant is potentially spreading very fast. We do expect to start seeing pressure in the healthcare system in the next few days and weeks,\u201d he continued.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Maria Van Kerhove, an epidemiologist who serves as the W.H.O.\u2019s coronavirus technical lead, said researchers will work together in the coming weeks to \u201cunderstand what these mutations are,\u201d according to Fortune.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom has already canceled flights from six southern African countries and added them to the \u201cred list\u201d for travelers, NPR reports.<\/p>\n<p>Officials are worried that the variant \u201cmay be more transmissible\u201d than the Delta strain and the possibility that \u201c<span>the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective\u201d on&nbsp;<\/span><span>B.1.1.529, said United Kingdom (U.K.) Health Secretary&nbsp;<\/span><span>Sajid Javid.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Health Organization (W.H.O.) officials will meet Friday to address concerns regarding the latest coronavirus variant on the rise in South Africa. 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