SA officially in fourth COVID-19 wave

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COVID-19 cases have been increasing rapidly in the past week driven by the more transmissible Omicron variant.

The fourth wave is upon us. COVID-19 cases have increased rapidly in the past week, driven by the more transmissible Omicron variant identified recently by South African scientists. The deputy health minister Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo spoke with eNCA's Sally Burdett. Courtesy of

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is officially in the fourth wave and getting vaccinated is the best way to ride it out, according to health authorities. COVID-19 cases have been increasing rapidly in the past week, driven by the more transmissible Omicron variant."When you look at the positivity rate, two weeks ago we were sitting at 1 percent."But when you look at it now, we're on 25 percent positivity rate, therefore that indicates that we're definitely in the fourth wave," he said.|"But all of us should be on high alert as the country has moved into the fourth wave.

 

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GogoMoyoSpeaks

GogoMoyoSpeaks

Leave us alone with your virus.

Pharoahfi

It's about time

So what?

Still I’m waiting for level 3

I mean y’all said it would come in December so

Nna bang bhorela gobua thata moer

We will never comply

Zakhala.

You guys are really trying soo hard to scare us. 🤦🏽‍♂️ Fourth wave, 100th wave. Who cares 🤷🏽‍♂️

Finally the wave has come back to South Africa 🌊😤

You really left us

Mxim!

We on

Kumele ngiyothenga namhlanje

Leave us alone please

This is a milestone that needs to be celebrated, You must be so proud, kana no other deseases ever made any waves. We shall celebrate through out December. We'll done. Lol.

Congratulations to South Africa for finally being in 4th wave

We been riding waves since! We be fine.

That we know

BoityK__ there you go, 7pm

N jhb weather is celebrating the wave 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Is this the last one or are we yet to see the most detrimental firth wave? Just as destructive as the firth level lockdown.

They not even hiding the Agenda anymore. Anyone who doesn't see this for what it is, is mentally challenged.

Who cares?

Leave us alone, we are broke, depressed, suicide rates and crime are at an all time high. This is the least of our country’s problems

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