At the peak of the vaccination drive, South Africa was administering up to 240 000 vaccine doses a day. But this number has dropped to just over 5 000 a day.
Covid test statistics and confirmed Covid deaths don't paint an accurate picture of how seriously the pandemic has hit a country, writes Nathan Geffen and Francois Venter.
A group of eminent South African scientists has warned that the damaging effects of travel bans issued after the identification of the Omicron variant in South Africa, with little scientific data to back it up, was not only unwarranted and deeply damaging to the country but also could potential.