In this war with Covid-19, the virus now has a new weapon: variants. (I refuse to call variants by countries – countries doing the work to identify a new variant should be congratulated, not shamed.) In Zambia, after months of low case counts, Covid-19 cases suddenly shot up 16-fold in mid-December when B1351 was detected there. In this war with the virus, now is not the time to lower our guard. Human Writes columnist Mangai Balasegaram writes mostly on health but also delves into anything on being human.

Source: The Star April 11, 2021 03:11 UTC