And this is not yet the peak… we are all going to pay for your inability to be responsible with our lives.” Many private and public hospitals were beginning to be overwhelmed, according to Mr Ramaphosa, who took time to read out a social media post from one doctor, criticising the public. “There is now a new variant of Covid-19 that is now well established in South Africa… It appears that it may be more contagious than the virus that drove the first wave of infections.” In an emotional national address on Monday evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that a new variant of the disease – 501.V2 – was probably driving the surge in cases. As the country battles ongoing Omicron in some of its major cities with its "zero COVID" approach, officials said they will strictly limit travel outside the country for Chinese citizens.South Africans were plunged into a new lockdown on Monday after the country hit one million coronavirus cases, with the sale of alcohol and public gatherings banned.
Two licenses cover 11 technologies, including the stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in current vaccines. The WHO's technology access group and the United Nations –based Medicines Patent Pool today announced they have finalized a licensing agreement with the US National Institutes of Health for the development of several new treatments, early-state vaccines, and tests for COVID-19.North Korea isn't known to have launched any COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and hasn't accepted it allocated COVAX shipments from the WHO and its partners. Officials have declared a national emergency, ordered a lockdown for all cities, and are distributing medical supplies. North Korea's state media said the country has detected its first COVID-19 cases, which involve the Omicron variant and occurred in Pyongyang, the country's capital, according to CNN.Yesterday the country reported more than 10,000 daily cases for the first time since early January, with test positivity remaining high at 25.3%. Alongside the subvariants, relaxed social measures are also fueling the surge. Since April, South Africa has detected mostly the BA.2 Omicron subvariant, but also rising numbers of more transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, which officials said is concerning, due to concerns about potential immune escape.
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Gueye said major pushes are needed to ensure that everyone completes their primary vaccine series and that people in high-risk groups get their booster doses. Officials warned that Africa's last four waves occurred around the middle and end of the year, coinciding with winter seasons and high population movements over the holidays. Now is the time for countries to step up preparedness and ensure that they can mount an effective response in the event of a fresh pandemic wave." Hospitalizations are still low, but in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, hospitalizations and deaths have jumped 90% to 100% in the past 2 weeks.Ībdou Salam Gueye, MD, MPH, the regional office's emergency preparedness director, said, "This uptick in cases is an early warning sign which we are closely monitoring. In South Africa, the hot spot, cases have quadrupled over the past 3 weeks. Also, neighboring Eswatini and Namibia have reported case rises of 50% over the past 2 weeks, compared to the previous 2 weeks. Cases spike in 3 southern Africa nationsĪt a briefing, WHO officials said Africa's cases have risen for a third straight week, with 87% of the cases from Southern Africa. As daily COVID-19 cases in South Africa topped 10,000 cases today, officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today that an uptick there and in a few other African countries is an early warning sign for other nations to step up their preparedness.
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