Government can avoid the overwhelming of health services and minimise death in an impending fourth Covid-19 wave in November/December by getting 90% of people over 35 years old vaccinated before then says top vaccinologist Professor Shabir Madhi.

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1 September 2021

Top vaccinologist Professor Shabir Madhi says life could then return to normal by Christmas, even with ongoing SARS-CoV-2 circulation. Madhi, the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, says the quickest way to reduce severe infection and death would be to primarily target people above 35, including those with underlying conditions, immediately.

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