(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Medical experts: South Africa's third wave of epidemic peaks may arrive early
China News Service, Johannesburg, March 2 (Reporter Wang Xi) After the South African government eased the blockade measures against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, South African medical expert and vaccinology professor Shabir Madi responded on the 2nd, saying that South Africa’s third wave of new crowns The peak of the pneumonia epidemic is likely to arrive earlier than expected.
On February 28, South African President Ramaphosa announced that due to the improvement of the epidemic situation, the South African government has decided to lower the level of the “blockade order” against the epidemic and adopt relaxation measures such as shortening the curfew and opening up the sale of alcohol products.
However, this decision of the South African government has aroused concerns from the outside world.
Madi pointed out that due to the existence of the mutant virus, South Africa is at a higher risk of facing the third peak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
In addition, as the Easter holiday approaches and the weather in the southern hemisphere gradually turns cooler, a new wave of new crown pneumonia epidemic peak in South Africa will arrive earlier than expected.
Madi emphasized that the colder weather will make people more inclined to stay indoors, and indoor air circulation conditions are obviously more conducive to the spread of the virus; at the same time, during holidays such as Easter, religious and social gatherings are also very likely to be held. As a result of the widespread spread of the virus, the above factors will accelerate the arrival of a new wave of epidemic peaks, which are expected to arrive after the Easter holiday.
But Madi said that public behavior will influence the destructive power and impact of the third wave of the peak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, so the public must continue to strictly abide by the South African government's epidemic prevention regulations.
As of press time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has reached 1,513,959, with 50,077 deaths. It is currently the most severely affected country on the African continent.
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