As concerns mount over the first reported case of the highly transmissible XBB.1.5 variant (nicknamed “Kraken”) in South Africa, the Western Cape Department of Health is currently monitoring COVID-19 cases in the province. Also read: SA tourism improves post Covid-19 pandemic The new variant was discovered in gene sequencing carried out by researchers at the University of Stellenbosch from a sample … Continue reading Department monitoring COVID-19 cases after “Kraken” unleashed on SA