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Weâre not vaccinating â a 3rd wave of Covid-19 infections is thus inevitable
5 May 2021 8:54 AM
Share This: The vaccines aren t out there. Weâre going to get it, says Dr Jody Boffa. Weâre facing a bleak winter, concurs Fatima Hassan.
The apocalyptic situation in India and new data from the NICD have South Africans on edge.
A third wave of Covid-19 infections is looming.
NICD data does not predict when the wave may start, but what it may look like.
When will a third wave of Covid-19 infections hit South Africa? (Image by Schäferle from Pixabay.)
Waning immunity from previous waves
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Why was the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine put on hold? Top Epidemiologist explains
To answer these questions and more, Kfm Mornings called up top Epidemiologist, Dr Jody Boffa.
South Africa has put a hold on the rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Early scientific data released on Sunday revealed that the vaccine offered minimal protection against mild disease for people infected with the second variant of the coronavirus discovered at the end of last year.
The new data suggests that in terms of preventing mild to moderate covid, it s only got about a 22% efficacy which is far from the 60% that we would like to see for a mass roll-out and to get to herd immunity eventually.