00:00In the past few days, there have been reports of new variants of the COVID-19 virus in South Africa
00:07and the United Kingdom.
00:09Viruses mutate over time. That's natural and expected.
00:15The UK has reported that this new variant transmits more easily,
00:19but there is no evidence so far that it's more likely to cause severe disease or mortality.
00:25The virus may have become slightly more efficient in transmission.
00:28That can have a big impact on numbers when we have so many people being infected.
00:32But it means the virus can be contained, the virus can be suppressed.
00:37And it is exactly the same interventions, exactly the same behaviours done with more intensity and more completeness that we
00:45need to focus on right now.
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