Sources: Anadolu Agency
Russia reports its first two cases of the 501.V2 variant, which was originally detected in South Africa. 2021-03-16
Malta reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa. 2021-02-16
India reports their first four cases of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa and one case of the Lineage P.1 variant from Brazil in people who traveled internationally. 2021-02-16
Washington, D.C. confirms its first cases of the 501.V2 variant from South Africa and the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-11
Spain will restrict travel to South Africa and Brazil due to concerns about new variants of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-02-2
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces the introduction of 10-day hotel quarantine for travellers from 30 high-risk countries, including Brazil, Portugal, South Africa, and all South American nations due to spread of variants of SARS-CoV-2. 2021-01-27
Alberta reports the first case of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa. 2021-01-8
Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya confirms Zambia's first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa and also confirms that a second wave of the pandemic has emerged. 2020-12-30
The total number of confirmed cases in Africa surpasses two million. South Africa remains the continent's highest number of reported COVID-19 cases at over 750,000. 2020-11-18
South Africa is expected to begin a trial of the NVX-CoV2373, a vaccine candidate produced by Novavax. Around 2,904 volunteers are expected to be selected, who are aged from 18 to 64 years. 2020-09-5