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A few minutes before I was wheeled into the operating theatre earlier this month, my doctor came to do his final briefing. “Good luck,” I said, as he turned to leave. The maxillofacial surgeon looked at me with a slight puzzle on his face. Then he put his hand on my shoulder and said this: “Don’t worry. ....
We will probably see third wave in June/July says Prof Salim Abdool Karim 27 January 2021 8:41 AM Share This: Expect multiple waves to occur principally at two time points in the northern and southern hemispheres, says MAC Covid-19 member. The data is positive, suggests The Midday Report presenter, Lester Kiewit. Covid infections appear to be stablising, and indications are we are on the downward trend. Over the last week, there has been a 29% decrease in infections. Infections have halved over the past two weeks with a test positivity rate of about 20%. Hospitalisations have decreased by about 11%, reports Lester, and there has also been a 7% decrease in the number of covid-related deaths, though mortalities remain high. ....
The chairperson of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee on Tuesday expressed his views on whether it was safe to open schools while the country is in the midst of a second wave. ....
BBC News By Andrew Harding image copyrightAFP As South Africa confronts a second wave of Covid-19 infections, scientists say new evidence indicates that at least a quarter of the country s population - and possibly more than a third - may already have been infected by the virus during its first wave, which peaked in July. South Africa s unusually high infection rate - potentially far higher than in some European nations after their first waves - appears to have been accompanied by an uncommonly low death rate, with early data from one province suggesting that the Covid-19 mortality rate was less than half that experienced in the worst-hit countries. ....
Race to understand how many South Africans have had Covid As South Africa confronts a second wave of Covid-19 infections, scientists say new evidence indicates that at least a quarter of the country s population - and possibly more than a third - may already have been infected by the virus during its first wave, which peaked in July. South Africa s unusually high infection rate - potentially far higher than in some European nations after their first waves - appears to have been accompanied by an uncommonly low death rate, with early data from one province suggesting that the Covid-19 mortality rate was less than half that experienced in the worst-hit countries. ....