The announcement comes as the state’s seven-day rolling average of daily new coronavirus cases has risen over the past two weeks from 1,340.29 on Nov.
Health officials said Thursday that they are already concerned about hospital capacity, and the spread of the contagious new omicron variant of the virus could make the situation worse.
“It is unfortunate that once again South Africa seems to be discriminated against with no scientific basis,” Motale told the AP Thursday.
South Africa’s 7-day rolling average of daily new cases has risen steeply over the past two weeks from 6.4 new cases per 100,000 people on Dec.
ORLANDO, Fla.
Authorities reported 88,376 new confirmed cases on Thursday, almost 10,000 more than the previous record set a day earlier.
The U.K.
In testimony before the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, Professor Chris Whitty said he expects the highly transmissible omicron variant to drive a rapid increase in infections, which could push hospitalizations above the daily record of 4,583 recorded on Jan.
“We’re talking about huge uncertainties, so I don’t want this to be seen as saying this will happen; I’m just saying there’s a range of possibilities,” Whitty said.
Germany on Wednesday administered nearly 1.5 million shots, its highest one-day total so far.
In testimony to a parliamentary committee Thursday, Professor Chris Whitty said scientists won’t fully understand how well vaccines work against omicron until they’ve conducted clinical studies on patients infected with the variant.