“I've seen the predictions and the numbers. I am not mathematics whiz but my gut feeling, for a lack of a better description, tells me we will start seeing a peak in about six to eight weeks.'
, who asked about the country's preparedness to curb the deadly coronavirus and the rationality of some of the regulations put into place.“I've seen the predictions and the numbers. I am not mathematics whiz but my gut feeling, for a lack of a better description, tells me we will start seeing a peak in about six to eight weeks.
“We will probably plateau by September, and we will be over the worst by October and November. We should be going into the new year with a very low rate of transmission. We can't clear the virus completely,” he said. Abdool Karim said once SA is in “simmering mode”, when the virus comes back, that's when more activity will likely go back to “normal”.
“Once it's in simmering mode, we will be able to take on more of our normal daily life activities, but of course under the new normal in which protection measures are still implemented," he said.“The virus can infect and kill the cells in the pancreas and that can cause patients to be diabetic. It is very rare and we are not sure if it is reversible,” he said.Tuesday's death toll of 195 was the second-highest daily number after 215 deaths were recorded on July 16.
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