In South Africa, the number of infected people, which had been increasing due to the strain of the new coronavirus Omicron, has begun to decline, and Cheong Wa Dae announced that "the peak of infection seems to have passed."
In South Africa, the new coronavirus Omicron strain was confirmed in late November last year, and the government declared that it had entered the fourth wave of infection on the 3rd of last month as the number of infected people increased rapidly.
However, the number of newly infected people has continued to decrease recently, and in a statement released by Cheong Wa Dae on the 30th, the number of people in the week up to the 25th was less than 90,000, a decrease of nearly 30% compared to the previous week. Looking at all the indicators, it seems that the peak of the 4th wave has passed for the country as a whole. "
In addition, the number of cases of hospitalization is less than the wave of infection so far.
For this reason, the government has announced that as an infection control measure, the ban on going out at night, which had been issued by adults, will be lifted, and there will be no time limit for serving alcohol at restaurants.
It is not known why the number of new infections has declined, but South African health officials said in a notice issued last month that "60% to 80% of the population has already been infected with the new corona. It was seen, and many people have acquired some kind of immunity. "