(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) South African Minister of Health: The new wave of epidemic peaks may come earlier
China News Agency, Johannesburg, February 5 (Reporter Wang Xi) South African Health Minister Joe Fahra said at a regular press conference on the 5th that although South Africa has passed the peak of the fourth wave of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the two just past two Zhou is uneasy, and a new wave of epidemic peaks may arrive earlier.
Fahra admitted that the actual development of the epidemic may not be as optimistic as people think. At present, South Africa has not completely escaped the impact of the fourth round of the epidemic, and with the end of summer in the southern hemisphere, the temperature drop is very likely to lead to the fifth round of the epidemic. The peak comes early.
Fahra emphasized that since the beginning of 2022, although the average daily number of newly confirmed cases in South Africa once dropped to around 1,000, the average daily number of newly confirmed cases in the past two weeks has increased significantly again, which is undoubtedly a worrying trend.
Fahra pointed out that the current epidemic situation in South Africa is in a state of flux. Whether it is growing or declining, it does not seem to be affected by factors such as the increase in the flow of people and the large-scale return of students to school.
Therefore, South Africans must continue to strictly abide by various epidemic prevention regulations to prevent the rapid rebound of the epidemic.
As of press time, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa has reached 3,618,853, with 95,766 deaths and a positive test rate of 8.9%.
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