Omicron Set for ‘Strongest’ Transmission in South Africa
- Gauteng adviser says impact blunted by earlier infections
- Hospitalizations, active cases to be lower than third wave
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The omicron coronavirus variant is spreading faster in Gauteng, the epicenter of the latest outbreak in South Africa, than the delta strain or any of the earlier mutations, an adviser to the provincial government said.
There is the “strongest acceleration in community transmission ever seen in South Africa,” Bruce Mellado, the adviser, said in a presentation on Thursday. This is “consistent with dominance of a variant that is more transmissible,” he said.