are seeing, and again as i have said, it might be currently mild, we don t know what is going to happen, but at least it would have been better if there was a time where we can say, listen, we might impose restrictions on your country going forward, or for your own people travelling to south africa, butjust to come up overnight and slam us, i think that is a bit premature. remember what i m saying for now, we are seeing mild cases, and it is really mild cases. we have so far been able to treat everyone at home from the gp fraternity, not speaking about the unvaccinated ones that might end up in icu, but we will only know weeks from now on. angelique coetzee from the south african medical association. england s chief medical officer, chris whitty, has said his greatest worry is whether people will accept new measures to tackle covid variants. professor whitty told a panel discussion hosted by the uk
o nto onto football. six matches in the premier league today, with liverpool looking to close the gap on leaders chelsea later. they re at home to southampton at 3pm. there s one game approaching half time. it s at the emirates, and it s eddie howe s first game in the dugout after taking over as the newcastle manager. it s currently arsenal 0 0 newcastle. later aston villa will be looking to make it back to back premier league wins under new head coach steven gerrard when they travel to crystal palace. both brighton and leeds will be looking to return to winning ways in the league. norwich will be looking to make it three premier league victories in a row against wolves. liverpool s most recent top flight game saw them beat arsenal a 0. here s whatjurgen klopp has said ahead of facing southampton. it s a good football team, i have to say, but the premier league is that strong that even if you are a good football team, you are not then in the top part of the table and you still have to