On Jan. 18 an excellent online conference by scientists in South Africa and the Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize provided updates (below) on five key points regarding the virus variant “501Y.V2” that is spreading rapidly in South Africa. Between minutes 45:40 and 47:46 of this two-hour conference the slide below summarized the key findings.
The speaker discussing his summary slide is Co-Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Dr. Salim Abdool Karim, the epidemiologist renowned over decades in the fight against HIV. This slide conveys the facts of what is known, and not yet known, as of Jan. 18, 2021:
