South African scientists discovered a new variant of COVID-19 that they say might be behind the recent surge of infections in the country, resulting in panic across the world as countries fear the international spread of the highly mutated variation. South Africa was experiencing a rate of 200 new daily confirmed cases until recently when…

Bitcoin enters bear market territory as the cryptocurrency fell eight percent in the last 24 hours to trade at $54,176, reaching its lowest level since the first week of October amidst a market panic over a new heavily-mutated variant of COVID-19 emerging from South Africa. When an asset declines 20 percent or more, it effectively…

Bitcoin enters bear market territory as the cryptocurrency fell eight percent in the last 24 hours to trade at $54,176, reaching its lowest level since the first week of October amidst a market rout over a new heavily-mutated variant of COVID-19 emerging from South Africa. When an asset declines 20 percent or more, it effectively…

ZURICH—A modified version of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine tailored to combat a coronavirus variant first documented in South Africa could be ready by the end of 2021, an AstraZeneca official in Austria said in an interview published on Sunday. Sarah Walters, AstraZeneca’s Austria country manager, told the Kurier newspaper that studies, so far, indicating the existing…