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Washington: The United States on Saturday praised South Africa for quickly identifying the new Covid strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the world – a barely veiled slap by China over its handling of the original outbreak of the novel coronavirus. State Department Secretary Antony Blinken spoke with South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, and they discussed cooperation on immunizing people in Africa against COVID-19, the State Department said. “Secretary Blinken particularly praised the South African scientists for their prompt recognition of the Omicron edition and the Government of South Africa for the transparency...
