South Africa could enter a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections sooner than expected after a sustained spike in cases over the past 14 days, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday.
“What remains stable (…) is hospital admissions, including intensive care units, it’s not a very dramatic change,” declared Joe Phaahla during an emergency conference.
“There was also an increase in deaths, which is not very dramatic from a low base,” he added.
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At this point the minister said that Health authorities have not been informed of the existence of a new variantapart from changes in the dominant variant in circulation, omicron.
South Africa has the highest number of infections and deaths related to the COVID-19 in Africa with over 3.7 million confirmed cases and over 100,000 deaths during the pandemic.
Thursday, the office ofWHO for Africa indicated the increase in HIV infections Coronavirus in South Africa was the main reason for rising infections on the African continent.
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