wolf? elliot gotkine in jerusalem. thank vur much. the omicron variant is also driving up-let positivity rate in south africa but so far, not necessarily hospitalizations and deaths. cnn s david mackenzie has the latest from johannesburg. wolf, seeing record number of covid-19 cases dominated by omicron and also extremely high positivity rates you but at this stage, there is still plenty of space in hospitals. scientists say this wave is not as bad in terms of hospitalizations and even death. we were out with ambulance workers who are saying previous waves were worse. they ever seen people in hospital for a shorter amount of time, fewer who are ventilated. it s now not clear whether this is because of previous infection giving immunity or because of vaccination rates in this country. but it is milder, they say. i asked one top health official