A higher vaccination rate will allow travel and the economy to grow, says president
There has been an extremely sharp rise in Covid-19 infections with a fourth wave expected in the next few weeks, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.
“Vaccines do work and vaccines are saving lives,” said Ramaphosa, urging South Africans to persuade their unvaccinated friends and family to do so.The ministerial advisory committee has suggested booster doses for older population and those with immunodeficiencies, on recommendations of doctors.“The early detection of this variant ... means that we are better equipped to respond to the variant,” said Ramaphosa.“We know now that Omicron has far more mutations than any previous variant ...
There has been a sudden rise in infections, especially in Gauteng, an average of 1,600 new cases in the last seven days compared with just 500 new daily cases in the previous week and 275 new daily cases in the week before that. Shortly before his speech, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases on Sunday reported 2,858 new Covid-19 cases, with 18 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours.
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