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Britain imposes strict quarantine on South Africans, praises SA scientists as Covid-19 SA strain appears in UK

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South African scientists were singled out for a special mention at the daily 10 Downing St coronavirus briefing for their superb work on genomic sequencing. British Health Secretary Matt Hancock also praised the SA government for its full co-operation in identifying the arrival of the Covid-19 SA variant to the UK. But strict rules will be applied to anyone who has had recent links to SA as the UK moves to curb the spread of the highly infectious version. For more on this topic, also listen to the BizNews Inside Covid-19 podcast, which features a scientist involved in the research on the SA variant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Dec 2020 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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