PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA -- The overcast, drizzly skies match the sombre mood at the Tshwane University of Technology, a hot spot in South Africa's latest surge of COVID-19 cases, apparently driven by the new omicron variant that is leading countries around the world to impose new restrictions.
"I'm trying to encourage them so that they can vaccinate, so they can stay away from coronavirus because it's there, it's killing people, and now numbers are rising," said Zitha. "Now when we are watching TV we can see that people are getting coronavirus. So they must vaccinate!" Still, some experts are hopeful that vaccines will be at least somewhat effective at preventing serious illness and death -- and continue to encourage people to get inoculated.
At least three South African universities -- the University of Cape Town, Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Free State in Bloemfontein -- have announced that vaccinations will be mandatory for students starting next year. Some experts think further measures will be needed.
A new surge was long anticipated and even a new variant, but the speed with which omicron hit came as a "shock" to South Africa's health experts. Although the current cases are concentrated in Pretoria and Johannesburg, tests show that omicron is already in all of South Africa's nine provinces.
CTV casts needless fear mongering [aaagain😡], shocks nobody anymore. 'Looking at the the mildness of the symptoms, there is no reason for panicking, as we don't see severely ill patients'
This is all a scare tactic. This variant has been in South Africa since July! It is also a much milder!
My goodness 😳 A new variant. This is hell on earth.
the omnicron spikes compose of 30 different mutations it's the attack of the Unicron of covid ie Songbird
Know what is being did in media? The new Variant was found to be mutated in fully vaxxed people
'a highly transmissible variant of concern, though its actual risks are not yet understood'
Why is still allowed to publish anything..
We need all flights stopped from any countries immediately like what isreal did before it’s too late
BS..this is just a push to force the people to get the jab since the uptake is so small in Africa..This was planned for sometime now..We are sick of the lies..MSM needs to be stopped!
another scam coming.....this whole covid thing has been overblown
Okay I know I dont need to know what every tweet means but what does 'variant casts pall,' mean? Like Im so confused. Did I lose brain cells in my sleep? Maybe. But to me this title makes zero sense...someone pls explain tia
Covid was a message...if you didn't get it you'll keep getting it. 'You are not going to get a new species flourishing unless it has a food supply. IN A SENSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BECOMING. WE ARE THE FOOD.'
South Africa should be rewarded somehow for being so careful in monitoring and detecting variants, the rapid warning to the world, and ethical transparency
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