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South Africa teetering on the brink of devastating third wave of coronavirus

Many local experts have agreed on the potential for a third wave of Covid-19 infections in South Africa According to some of them, a spike in case numbers could be seen within the next few weeks But a new AI-based algorithm shows that the risk of a third wave is small Experts have warned that a third wave of Covid-19 infections could hit South Africa very soon. According to a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm, however, the risk in most provinces of South Africa is low. The model was designed by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), in partnership with iThemba LABS, the Pr...

Solidarity needed to hold off third wave this Easter By Nathan Craig Share Durban - The South African Covid-19 Modelling Consortium Epidemic Explorer, an open access website, has provided data that showed Covid-19 infections were down prior to Easter and stakeholders were working to keep it that way. The website was built to analyse the resurgence risk, present metrics to prepare for future outbreaks, and monitor Covid-19 hospital admissions. It is a collaboration between the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa at the UCT, South African Centre fo...

MWANGI: Compelling reasons to trust fast-tracked Covid vaccines Tuesday March 09 2021 Summary If the immunity against Covid-19 following vaccination wanes with time there will be need for continued vaccinations. This is not new as it is similar to our response to influenza viruses. As ever, our response to Covid-19 has been a series of huge learning curves. Advertisement Since vaccines take years to develop, why trust the Covid-19 ones of less than 12 months? The rapid development of the Covid-19 vaccines is the result of the deliberate elimination of historical limitations to the speed of ma...

Premier John Horgan promises to come down ‘like a ton of bricks’ on rule-breakers, but stops short of announcing any new measures.