South Africa has lost interest in Covid-19 – just in time for a fresh wave of infections
point to trouble, though the consensus is that hospitalisation and deaths will not increase at anything near the same rate as infections, thanks to a combination of prior infections and vaccination.
South Africa on cusp of resurgence, after the high infection rate with Omicron- albeit massive decoupling of infections and severe disease materialising. Current resurgence likely due to sub-lineage of Omicron- BA4. What can we expect, now that >80% population have some immunitySouth Africa's vaccination rate has plummeted.
, the rate of vaccination is now lower than when only those aged 60 or above could get their jabs in May 2021.Vaccinations per province per week as at 24 April, via the department of health vaccination statistics dashboard. As of Sunday, 44.62% of the adult population is considered fully vaccinated, dropping to just under 31% for those aged 34 or younger.
In only three provinces are more than half of adults believed to be fully vaccinated: the Free State, the Western Cape, and Limpopo.suggested that the prospect of getting a job, or the need to keep a job, is one of the few reasons still-hesitant South Africans would get vaccinated. But they also resent vaccine mandates, researchers warned, and such compulsion would have to be used carefully.
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