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Three provinces in their third wave, rest of SA to inevitably follow - experts
By Nathan Craig
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Durban - Experts are convinced that the rest of the country will inevitably follow suit after three provinces confirmed they entered their third wave of Covid-19 this week.
Professor Adrian Puren, acting executive director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NCID), confirmed the country had not yet met the criterion for a national resurgence but the Free State had entered its third wave.
Additionally, both Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said on Friday their provinces were batting the third wave.
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One of the foremost minds in the fight against Covid-19 says he is not panicked about the variant of the virus detected in India, saying South Africa s variant was far more concerning.
Public health medicine specialist, epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist Professor Salim Abdool Karim was not overly concerned despite growing public concern, and calls for a ban on all travel from India into SA. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our
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