'Expect cases to rise' as SA eases lockdown: Prof Abdool Karim

Speaking at a health department briefing on Friday night, Prof Salim Abdool Karim, a leading clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist and government adviser, said SA's Covid-19 infection rate doubled almost every two days before the lockdown was put into place.

Abdool Karim was speaking during a webinar by the department of health meant to update the public on heath interventions as the country enters level 3 of lockdown from June 1. “We come from a situation where the epidemic was doubling every two weeks. Since the easing of lockdown, May 1, the doubling time went to 12 days,” Abdool Karim said.“In essence, there is simply no room for complacency. We expect the case numbers to rise,” he said.

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