Great opening post for status and reference purposes and in...

Great opening post for status and reference purposes and in saying that its worth noting information just released confirms PAA is still very much in the covid race:

"Great concern’: Fears grow as B. 1.1529 Covid variant rips through nation
A new Covid variant “of great concern” is tearing through a struggling nation, sparking fears it could soon spread across the globe."Tulio de Oliveira, director of South Africa’s Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), also spoke at the briefing, and said the high number of mutations were “concerning for predicted immune evasion and transmissibility..........It has many, many more mutations. We can see that the variant is potentially spreading very fast,” he told the press."He told reporters B. 1.1.529 contained multiple mutations linked to increased antibody resistance, which could potentially limit the effectiveness of existing vaccines."
(Article from today's HeraldSun)