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1:49 CAT | 14 Dec 2021
Photo: Twitter / @EmbassyofRussia
A group of Russian scientists have arrived in South Africa to study the new coronavirus variant, Omicron.
Russia’s foreign ministry has tweeted a video of the team’s arrival, adding that the plane was also carrying a mobile laboratory.
✈️ @MchsRussia’s aircraft carrying the national sanitary watchdog’s experts & a mobile laboratory has landed in Johannesburg, South Africa.
🇷🇺🇿🇦 This is yet another dimension to our cooperation & joint response to the new Omicron strain.
📺 @rianru#RussiaHelps #RussiaAfrica pic.twitter.com/QRveg7pOVg
— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) December 14, 2021
The arrival comes days after South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa invited experts from different countries to join the country’s scientists to study the new variant and its mutation.
South Africa has seen a rise in coronavirus infections which have been attributed to the Omricon variant, which was first detected in the country last month.
Aircraft of🇷🇺Emergency Situations Ministry arrived to SA, carrying🇷🇺virologists, epidemiologists & doctors, a mobile laboratory & other scientific equipment. Together with🇿🇦colleagues,🇷🇺specialists shall carry out research of #COVID_19 & its mutations
➡️ https://t.co/1NYmNAnYP2 pic.twitter.com/6Ehi2zKs4l— Russia in RSA 🇷🇺 (@EmbassyofRussia) December 14, 2021
Source: BBC
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