Now playing Next Health Scientists discover new highly virulent HIV variant in the Netherlands The research team stressed that the findings are no cause for alarm as modern treatments remain effective against the new strain of HIV. 04/02/2022
Now playing Next Health Omicron variant poses 'very high' global risk, WHO says The World Health Organization says the new Omicron strain of COVID-19 poses a 'very high' risk, but that much is still unknown about it. Here's what we know so far. 29/11/2021
Now playing Next world news WHO labels new COVID-19 variant 'of concern', names it Omicron "Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of infection with this variant, as compared to other VOCs (variants of concerns)," the United Nations' health agency said in a statement. 26/11/2021
Now playing Next Travel News Travellers ‘bewildered’ by sudden ban on South Africa flights After the sudden red-listing of ten southern African nations, visitors have a short and expensive window in which to leave. 26/11/2021
Now playing Next Romania Russia and much of eastern Europe struggle to contain COVID-19 cases Authorities in Russia and eastern Europe take various measures to combat COVID-19, as vaccine scepticism contributes to rising infections. 31/10/2021
Now playing Next world news What do we know about Mu, the new COVID variant monitored by WHO? WHO says the 'Mu' coronavirus variant, first identified in Colombia, has mutations indicating a risk of vaccine resistance. 02/09/2021
Now playing Next Belgium Woman, 90, dies after being infected with two COVID-19 variants The elderly woman, who had not been vaccinated, contracted both the Alpha and Beta variants, which were first detected in Britain and South Africa respectively. 11/07/2021
Now playing Next world news Lambda: What we know about the latest COVID variant flagged by the WHO It is still unclear how transmisable or dangerous the Lambda coronavirus variant is, with studies underway. 06/07/2021
