Prognosis

South Africa Says Covid Measures May Lessen Severity of Next Wave

  • Vaccination, precautions still in place to blunt infections
  • Country’s first wave was mildest of the three so far

South Africa has kept measures including curfews and mandatory use of masks in public.

Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

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South Africa’s strict measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus may limit the severity of the pandemic’s next wave, the government official running the national vaccination program said.