“Young people between the ages of 20 and a little over 30 years come with moderate and severe illnesses,” Rudo Mativ, head of the intensive care unit of the Soweto settlement hospital in Johannesburg, told RIA Novosti.
It is clarified that about 65% of incoming citizens were not vaccinated, most were vaccinated only with the first vaccination.
On November 25, it became known that scientists have identified a new strain of coronavirus in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, which could potentially become the most dangerous.
Later it was designated by the Greek letter "omicron".
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that scientists would collect all the necessary information about the new omicron coronavirus strain within two to three weeks.