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As the fifth Covid-19 wave approaches, the Department of Health says it is keeping a keen eye on variants of concern. | TebogoMonama

John Blandford, country director for the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in South Africa, said it was important for people to get vaccinated.

"It is still important for people to get vaccinated because we don't know what the new variants are going to be like.

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