Epidemiologist Prof Salim Abdool Karim says we are not seeing a significant rise in hospitalisation, reflecting a combination of vaccination and past infection
The nature of the Covid-19 pandemic has changed‚ no longer coming in waves but in small spikes and outbreaks.
The study‚ published in the journal Nature this week‚ says specific efforts and resources are still required to save lives. “In the past‚ where we saw these waves from a completely new variant‚ that we are not seeing now. Each wave is driven by a variant. But we don’t have a new variant as yet‚ we still have omicron. The new variant is going to be called pi‚ the next letter in the Greek alphabet‚ which is not yet with us.
“The second is that in the midst of all the misinformation‚ vaccines remain our primary tool against this pandemic. In SA we have a long way to go because only about 50% of adults are vaccinated. We can’t lift the foot off the pedal in terms of vaccines; we need to ensure we continue making better vaccines; that people take the vaccines‚ get at least three doses and get booster shots as and when recommended.
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