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Concerns are mounting that South Africa could soon be in the midst of the fifth wave of COVID19 infections, possibly driven by new sub-variants of Omicron.

, which represents a 19.3 percent test positivity rate, meaning the spread of the virus is no longer under control.

Mashabela says, “We knew then that we are going to start to see cases rise because usually that form of surveillance is sort of a leading detector of cases that might begin to increase, so since then, I mean this week we’ve really seen a rapid doubling of cases, doubling of positivity rate. We’ve seen also now cases that are becoming a little bit more severe being admitted in hospital in the last day or so. Hospitalisation is also beginning to spike.

Deputy General for the Department of Health Dr Nicholas Crisp says there is also a noticeable increase in the number of people being hospitalised with COVID-19, majority of which are unvaccinated.

 

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Omicron was detected in New York sewer wastewater four days earlier than in South Africa. Omicron

A whole scam!

Ninescefe manje yazi nina

No such....it's time to engage each an every clinic/hospital to give people such medical as COVID hope d world can survive.

What's the state of economy thus far? How many households are starving because food prices are very high? It's time to consider both, because hunger is also a pandemic.

Nonsense is hell with those concerns we all be here after that stupid 5th wave we've survived 4 waves bring up to 22nd wave if you like

OK.

I smell lies, stories are made up to shove the vaccine up our throats now.

Lol vaccine advertisers

🤧😷🥵 ongoing and will be endless

BACK TO SENDER IN JESUS'S NAME!!!! South Africans will NOT be infected with any COVID-19 variant.

Lol

The 4th one in summer was less punishing so we are good. We are too far ahead with semblance of normality to go back to any restrictions.

Heya,Is it like WonkeyNFT project? Just got to know that they dropped the mint price by half and dropped to 6k total supply! just need to what your followers thing about them before i own some.. thanks

You hate peace neh

Mxm

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