THE BOTSWANA Ministry of Health and Wellness announced on Monday the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant. “Our scientists have been investigating new coronavirus mutations detected in Botswana,” said Dr Christopher Nyanga, permanent secretary from the Botswana Health Ministry. Nyanag said that on further analysis and verification, the mutations, which had been detected in four people in Botswana, had been noted as a new sub-lineage of the Omicron variant. “The preliminary finding of this new sub-lineage in Botswana has been designated as Omicron BA.4 and BA.5. “The four cases are…
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