Prognosis
Measure of Virus Spread Surged in South Africa as Omicron Set In
- National rate almost doubled, exceeding three in epicenter
- Gauge rose in eight of South Africa’s nine provinces
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The reproductive number, an indicator of how fast the coronavirus spreads, almost doubled in South Africa last month as an outbreak of the omicron variant took hold.