How dangerous is it? Scientists study South African COVID-19 variant
‘People have to take lessons from this’ By CNN staff | January 19, 2021 at 6:28 AM HST - Updated January 19 at 6:45 AM
DURBAN, South Africa (CNN) – A new year and a new level of sadness in South Africa as the pace of the pandemic accelerates. There’s also a new level of fatigue.
“It is a time we never thought we would experience in our lives,” said Salim Kazi of the Islamic Burial Council. “It is here and it is a reality.”
A second wave of COVID-19 is devastating South Africa.
The Islamic Burial Council used to average two COVID-19 funerals per day. Now, the number is 12, sometimes 14 a day.