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After Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephonic conversation with South Africa's international relations and cooperation minister, Naledi Pandor, the United States on Saturday praised South Africa for its vigilance in identifying the new COVID-19 strain ‘Omicron’ as opposed to lethargic China. US hailed the South African government for ‘transparency’ in sharing the vital information related to the B.1.1.529 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 first reported in Botswana, Belgium, Hong Kong followed by the single confirmed case in Israel. US praises South Africa’s scientists for 'quick identification' of Omicron Since the first transmission of the novel respiratory virus SARS-CoV-2 during...
