Tighter lockdown mooted

As the world closes the doors on South Africa, mandatory vaccinations may become a reality in SA in order to save the economy as the new variant B.1.1.529 begins to take hold around the world. The World Health Organisation has designated B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern and named it omicron. There have been 5 293 new infections in the past two days.

It is understood there was a recent meeting between healthcare professionals and the government to discuss its viability, especially with President Cyril Ramaphosa stating repeatedly this would not happen. However, there would be meetings with various government departments over the next few weeks where this and other issues would be discussed.

Earlier this week Austria became the first European country to implement a lockdown after a 4th wave of Covid infections started wreaking havoc across the continent. Several companies have already implemented mandatory vaccination rules for employees. Last month Pretoria restaurateur Angelo Zachiarides made headlines when he tweeted about his employees being fully vaccinated, with anti-vaxxers threatening to boycott his establishment.

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