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NICD: South Africa entering the 4th Covid-19 wave

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says South Africa is entering into the 4th wave of the Covid-19 pandemic with seven provinces showing sustained increases in cases.

The provinces are the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and the Western Cape.

The NICD has reiterated taking measures to reduce the spread of infection, including getting a COVID-19 vaccine, is the best way to slow the spread of infection.

The sustained increase in new cases is being attributed to the new Omicron variant.

The Head of Health in the Western Cape has confirmed that 60% of new cases recorded last week were positive for the Omicron variant.

 

 

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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