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The Health Department has reiterated that it is not yet considering imposing restrictions following the detection of the new XBB 1.5 sub-variant in the country

A man rides his bike past a mural by Senzart911 that shows people wearing facemasks

A man rides his bike past a mural by Senzart911 that shows people wearing facemasks

Virologist, Tulio de Oliveira, says scientists are monitoring the United States handling of the spread of the new COVID-19 sub-variant, in order to help South Africa prepare.

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The Stellenbosch University has described it as the most transmissible to date with symptoms close to that of Omicron.De Oliveira says South Africa has high population immunity against COVID-19.

“Early detection and preparation can make a big difference. One also has to be reminded that the United States is a bit like South Africa with high population immunity, which is very different from China,” says De Oliveira.

“So, we need to see what happens in the United States to make sure that nothing or very little will happen in South Africa as we are alert and it will not cause a big problem in the country.”

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It's better the whole world to be 💣 Bombed this nonsense 😒

Not falling for that nonsense again....

The lockdown was the pandemic

They want people to die in numbers before they can impose restrictions 💔we don’t have leaders shame

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