omicron cases in south africa

In a statement issued on Thursday, the WHO said, “After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave-driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in the continent where cumulative cases…

The decision announced by the Presidency on Thursday followed meetings of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and the President’s Coordinating Council (PCC), which received updates on the management of the current fourth wave of…

“In South Africa, Omicron is behaving in a way that is less severe,” said Cheryl Cohen, professor in epidemiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, who shared results of a research titled ‘Early Assessment of the Severity of the…

South Africa’s daily new confirmed cases climbed to more than 26,900 on Wednesday and Amid fast-increasing new COVID-19 infections, South African officials on Thursday urged people to get vaccinated before travelling for the holidays and…

The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) on Wednesday approved the use of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine after BioNTech and Pfizer announced that two doses of their vaccine may not be enough to protect against the Omicron…

“This is a matter that has been concerning us. We are comfortable now that the numbers have not been rising as steeply as we had feared in the beginning (of the current fourth wave),” Phaahla told reporters on Friday. South Africa will not…

In the two weeks since omicron first was reported in Southern Africa, other doctors have shared similar stories.All caution that it will take many more weeks to collect enough data to be sure, their observations and the early evidence offer…

“Vaccine hesitancy was more common among young people than older adults and in rural areas compared to urban ones.” (File photo: Reuters)Less than half of the African continent is amenable to mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19, according…

Omicron, which was first identified in South Africa exactly a week ago, now has been detected in at least 24 countries around the world, according to the WHO.The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed a team of officials to South…