There are mounting fears of the resurgence of Covid-19 in KwaZulu-Natal after the province reported 1742 new cases on Saturday. | WitnessKZN
Nomagugu Simelane, Health MEC in KZN, has sounded alarm bells, following the soaring number of new coronavirus cases and hospitalisations in the province.
“In terms of our emergency early warning systems, a 10% increase in cases over a seven day moving average will trigger an alert; while a 20% increase in cases over a seven day moving average, which is what we’ve seen, may trigger resurgence,” Simelane said. KZN had fully vaccinated 2,756 million people, with a total of 4,463 million yet to get even a single jab.
Simelane said there were misconceptions about the safety and effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines which contributed in the province’s low vaccination rate.
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