Those gravely ill from Omicron are unvaccinated, says NICD

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Data so far suggest transmissibility of Omicron is increased and is being driven by younger people, say experts

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Nurses see to a Covid-19 patient in a Covid-19 ICU ward during a previous wave of the pandemic.The vast majority of patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19 due to the new Omicron variant “are unvaccinated”.

According to head of public health surveillance at the NICD Dr Michelle Groome, “we are seeing just under 2,000 new cases a day and the percent positivity rate is going up”. There has been an “earlier increase in Tshwane and then other districts started to see increases too”, she said. Abdool Karim said the issue of vaccines is “the area that has created concern and is behind the global over-reaction”. However, there is cautious but positive news.

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