In slap at China, US praises South Africa's detection of new COVID-19 strain


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|U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks during a meeting with Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita (not pictured) at the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 22, 2021. (File photo by=REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/Pool)| [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] WASHINGTON: The United States praised South Africa on Saturday (Nov 27) 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. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with South Africa's international relations and cooperation minister, Naledi Pandor, and they discussed...