A leading hotelier has hit out at scientists for announcing the new Covid-19 variant without first establishing if vaccines are effective against it.
Marc Wachsberger, MD of The Capital Hotels and Apartments which owns several luxury establishments in SA, said in a statement that variant hunters analyse data, check vaccine efficacy and then announce if there is any concern.
“Do they not understand that this fearmongering is directly taking food out of people’s mouths, with more than 300,000 overseas tourists now no longer able to come into SA and bring our travel and related industries back to life? “There have been several variants found to date, none of which evade vaccines, and there is still strong evidence to encourage everyone to be vaccinated.