Referring to the new COVID-19 strain as the ‘South Africa variant’ creates the impression that the country is a threat.
![A health worker checks the temperature of an elderly patient at the emergency entrance of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa on January 11, 2021 [Themba Hadebe/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21011668545141.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

CEO of Save the Children in South Africa
Referring to the new COVID-19 strain as the ‘South Africa variant’ creates the impression that the country is a threat.
![A health worker checks the temperature of an elderly patient at the emergency entrance of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa on January 11, 2021 [Themba Hadebe/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21011668545141.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)