The formula to calculate whether South Africa is experiencing a fresh spate of Covid-19 infections says a wave starts when the seven-day moving average of new cases exceeds 30% of the peak of the previous wave.
Few other countries use this formula. Many nations instead monitor the number of new Covid-19 cases, the test positivity rate (the proportion of tests coming out positive) and hospitalisations.
The country’s first and second waves lasted three months each with three months in between. The third wave’s duration, however, won’t necessarily follow the same trajectory.
South Africa is on the cusp of a third Covid-19 wave with some provinces already there. The country hasn’t vaccinated nearly enough people for its vaccination roll-out to make a difference to the potential severity of this wave, experts have warned.
How do we know if SA is in a third Covid-19 wave and could there be a fourth?
9 Jun 2021
A health worker screens a resident at Diepsloot Covid-19 screening and testing site at Diepsloot Sarafina Park on May 08, 2020 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that more than 12 000 people have been screened and over 1000 people tested in Diepsloot. The Premier urged the people of Diepsloot to continue practicing safety measures including social distancing and wearing cloth masks when leaving home. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
South Africa is on the cusp of a third Covid-19 wave, with some provinces already there. The country hasn’t vaccinated nearly enough people for its vaccination roll-out to make a difference to the potential severity of this wave, experts have warned. By Sunday, only 479 768 (0.96%) of South Africa’s population of about 60-million people had been fully vaccinated, and 870 477 had received one of two shots of Pfizer’s Covid
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[LISTEN] When Will it be Your Turn to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine Jab, Radio Islam Asks Bhekisisa Centre for Health
May 12, 2021
Editor-in-chief at the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, Mia Malan says infographics will that make it easier to decipher when South Africans will receive their COVID-19 jab.
Malan was speaking to Radio Islam about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in South Africa.
The country is currently behind schedule in its vaccine rollout program.
With South Africans still struggling to figure out when they will get a turn for a Coronavirus vaccine, Bhekisisa and Media Hack teamed up to create the infographics.