COVID-19 | New infections: 19 842, new fatalities: 36, new vaccinations: 142 349. Total vaccinations: 26 781 642. The death toll is 90 038. Provincial breakdown here:
Omicron may pose higher reinfection risk but could be milder than Delta: WHO chief
On 17 November 2021, Sahpra received an application from Pfizer to amend the dosing schedule for the Comirnaty® Covid-19 vaccine, allowing an optional third dose. Following evaluation of the data submitted, Sahpra has approved the following options: The data provided only dealt with the situation of homologous boosting, where the third dose is of the same vaccine as the initial course .
Vienna will only let restaurants fully reopen a week later, and the governor of Tyrol province told a news conference several of Austria's nine provinces would reopen only gradually.The fifth wave of Covid-19 hitting France has not yet reached its peak, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday, and the cabinet's top adviser on the coronavirus indicated a fourth vaccine shot to fight the disease was possible.
The seven-day moving average of new confirmed new infections set a new 2021 high of more than 44 500 on Tuesday. "For now, there's a call for one booster shot. Will that be enough? I don't know. Maybe we'll need a fourth shot," Delfraissy said, adding that vaccines were mainly effective against severe forms of Covid-19 and less so against transmission of the virus.Sanlam paid over R14bn in death claims over 10 months, mostly due to 3rd Covid-19 wave
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