The German Africa Prize will be awarded to the bioinformatics prof. on 25.11.2022 in Berlin. Tulio de Oliveira from South Africa & Dr Sikhulile Moyo from Botswana. The two researchers, born in Brazil & Zimbabwe, have discovered the omicron variant of coronavirus at the top of their institutions & reported it to WHO.
The Deutsche Afrika Foundation honors the scientists for their personal contributions in the global fight against the corona pandemic and stv. for a highly educated, nationwide research community that is at the forefront of medical research not only in Africa but also internationally. The world’s first report of a virus variant to the WHO came from South Africa & also during the emergence of the so-called. Omikron variant it was female researchers & researchers from Botswana & South Africa who were the first to sound the alarm.
