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On Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said the ongoing COVID-19 second wave infections may be linked with the emergence of more transmissible variants.
"Africa is currently experiencing an increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases," the specialist healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) Commission said in its latest publication on Saturday.
As of Jan 27, at least 40 countries have undergone a second wave of the pandemic, including all countries in the region of Southern Africa, the Africa CDC said. "This new wave of infections is thought to be associated with the emergence of variants that are more transmissible,"
the Africa CDC said. According to the agency, preliminary findings show that three new similar but distinct Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, the 501Y/VUI - 202012/01, 501Y.V2, 501Y.V3, reported in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil,
respectively, "are significantly more transmissible than previously circulating variants, with high viral shedding observed among cases."

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