RE:Concerning new COVID-19 variantI hope DM can procure tests that can detect variants like this. I think the last update was that our tests could detect the Delta variant.
Resilience19 wrote: The B.1.1.529 variant was first discovered in the southern African country and has since been discovered in South Africa and in a traveller in Hong Kong who had been to South Africa...its potential is worth noting due to its 32 spike mutations.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/this-new-covid-19-variant-only-has-10-cases-but-here-s-why-a-u-k-researcher-is-concerned-1.5680114