South Africa is coming according to government estimates benefit in the current omicron wave, that itself a large part of the population has previously immunized. Occasionally it is reported that the new virus variant causes less severe outbreaks of disease than previous mutations.
“We believe that it is not necessarily simply that Omikron is less virulent,” says Health Secretary Joe Phaala. Rather, vaccinations and the immunity of those who are already infected contribute to protection. According to scientists, it is still too early to be able to safely draw conclusions from the development of the current corona wave in South Africa.