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The number of new cases of coronavirus infections in South Africa is skyrocketing. Experts say this dangerous trend may continue, posing a serious threat to the country’s health care performance.
- Hospitals in South Africa are full of patients with the Omikron variant detected
- Only about 36 percent. South Africans are fully vaccinated
- Experts emphasize that unvaccinated people are particularly susceptible to the Omikron variant
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“Unfortunately, we see more than a doubling of hospital admissions every day,” said Ian Sanne, quoted by voanews.com, an infectious disease specialist who sits on South Africa’s presidential coronavirus advisory committee.
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Hospitals in South Africa are full of patients with the Omikron variant
Sanne advises hospitals to prepare for “significant increases” in the number of patients in the coming weeks and months and to make sure they have plenty of oxygen.
Large spikes in coronavirus cases are already taking place in Johannesburg and Tshwane. Hospitals in the South African province of Gauteng, which has two of the country’s largest cities, are full of people infected with the Omikron variant. Doctors say most patients have not been vaccinated, and an alarming number are children under the age of five.
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In the city of Tshwane, which has nearly 3 million inhabitants, the occupancy of covid beds increases by 30%. up to 40 percent per day for the past few days.
Only about 36 percent. South Africans are fully vaccinated. The country’s president Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called on citizens to get vaccinated.
South Africa now has sufficient stocks of vaccines. Vaccinations are essential to our economic recovery because the more people get vaccinated, the more areas of economic activity will open up
– said Ramaphosa, quoted by voanews.com.
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Unvaccinated people are particularly susceptible to the Omikron variant
From about 75 to 80 percent. hospitalizations in South Africa include unvaccinated people. They are particularly susceptible to the Omikron variant.
Since a new variant of the coronavirus was announced last month in South Africa, scientists hope most of its cases will be mild. Health authorities say Omikron re-infects some people who have been vaccinated, but for the most part their symptoms are not serious.
One of the country’s leading epidemiologists told voanews.com that current vaccines should offer “good protection” against Omicron. However, another disease expert noted that the longer viruses develop in populations, the more likely they are to mutate into new variants.
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