Police prioritise probe into threats to leading Covid-19 researchers

Scientists have been accused of creating panic about the Omicron variant and received a threatening letter that was also sent to the presidency

12 December 2021 - 00:00

Police have prioritised an investigation into threats against leading Covid-19 researchers and scientists, some of whom advise the National Coronavirus Command Council.

Among those targeted are South African Medical Research Council head professor Glenda Gray and professor Tulio de Oliveira, Stellenbosch University researcher and head of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (Krisp)...

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