Update: 11 June, 12pm The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced on Tuesday that the new strain, officially named Nimbus or NB.1.8.1, has been flagged as a variant under monitoring, a classification used for strains that show potential to spread or mutate further. According to the NICD, South Africa has not yet detected any cases of the Nimbus variant. … Continue reading Update: New Covid variant detected abroad, but not yet in SA, says NICD