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The United States has praised South Africa for quickly identifying the new Covid-19 strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the world - a barely veiled slap at China’s handling of the original outbreak of the novel coronavirus. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with South Africa’s international relations and co-operation minister, Naledi Pandor, and they discussed co-operation on vaccinating people in Africa against Covid-19, the State Department said. “Secretary Blinken specifically praised South Africa’s scientists for the quick identification of the Omicron variant and South Africa’s government for its transparency in sharing this information, which should serve...
