![]() ![]() Studies are ongoing to determine if the new South African variant is likely to be at all vaccine-resistant. The new variant in South Africa is not the same as the variant that has become dominant in the United Kingdom.Īccording to the Technical Chief on Covid-19 at the World Health Organization (WHO), Maria Van Kerkhove, there is no evidence that the South African variant is any more or less transmissible than the variant that was identified in the United Kingdom (see here). ![]() The increase is due to a more transmissible variant of the virus that has become dominant in South Africa, in addition to the increasing non-adherence to non-pharmaceutical preventive measures, particularly over the holiday season. Like many other countries in the world, South Africa is currently undergoing a dramatic surge in the Covid-19 infection rate, and sadly also an increase in the number of deaths recorded daily. Some of the faster growing trees have already attained an impressive size. Our garden backs onto to a commercial eucalyptus plantation, but we benefit from the previous owners of our house planting indigenous trees and other plants on the margin between the garden and the plantation, which is where these photos were taken. ![]() It seemed fittingly subdued to shoot these photos in monochrome. In these dark days I found sombre solace in the quiet strength of woodland trees and the plants and fallen leaves of the understorey. ![]()
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