COVID-19 Update | 3 December 2021

Published: Fri, 12/03/21

Vaccine Rollout

According to SA coronavirus, 14.3 million of the South African population have now been fully vaccinated, this is 36.17%.

At the latest State of the Nation Address on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa suggested the possibility of introducing mandatory vaccinations since the discovery of the new variant, Omicron.

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Source: SA coronavirus

COVID-19 Cases

As of 02 December, 8 561 new COIVD-19 cases have been reported and the number of active COVID-19 cases has now risen to 36 600. The recovery rate is now sitting at 95.8%, with 90% of hospital admissions being from unvaccinated people.
South Africa still has a long way to go before reaching immunity and therefore, it is important to continue adhering to all COVID-19 safety regulations.

Source: SA Coronavirus

The Health department doubles Vooma vaccination vouchers to R200 for people over 50

The Department of Health has doubled their “Vooma vouchers” to R200 for people in their 50’s and above in order to encourage vaccination amidst the fourth wave. These vouchers are redeemable at any Shoprite supermarket within 30 days and will automatically go to the recipient's cellphone number they used to register to get vaccinated.

According to stats, the data shows that there are still over four million people aged fifty and older who have not been vaccinated.

Source: TimesLive

The COVID-19 Omicron variant: What is known so far

The world has once again been shaken by the detection of a new COVID-19 variant after South African scientists detected the mutated variant, which the World Health Organisation have since named, Omicron. It is still not clear whether Omicron is more transmissible or causes more severe disease compared with other variants. However, South Africa’s Epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim said, “reinfections are most likely with the new variant, but, vaccinated people are less likely to develop serious symptoms.”

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SA travel bans lead to a surge in summer holiday cancellations – with more than R1 billion lost

The South African tourism and hospitality sector say they have already lost more than R1 billion due to cancelled bookings over the festive season amidst travel bans due to the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.

CEO of the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association (Satsa) David Frost said, “with these ill-advised travel bans and more countries adding South Africa onto their red-list, it is catastrophic for an industry that has already been battling to survive for the past 20 months.”

The World Health Organization technical lead on COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove has also added that “the travel bans are having an impact on global cooperation against the Omicron coronavirus variant causing some challenges for samples from our South African laboratories to be shipped out of the country in order to further research the properties of this new COVD-19 strain.”

Source: Business Insider & Aljazeera

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