(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The positive rate of South Africa's epidemic rebound test is close to 30%
China News Agency, Johannesburg, May 7 (Reporter Wang Xi) As of May 7 local time, the positive rate of new coronary pneumonia tests in South Africa has climbed to 26.6%, and the epidemic situation is not optimistic.
Since the end of the national disaster state that lasted for more than two years was announced in early April, the epidemic situation in South Africa quickly rebounded, with a surge in confirmed cases and deaths, making South Africa face the impact of a new wave, the fifth wave of the epidemic.
In particular, for two consecutive days on May 5 and 6, the average number of newly confirmed cases in South Africa in a single day again approached the 10,000 mark, reaching 9,757 and 9,253 cases respectively, causing widespread concern in South African society.
In response to the current epidemic, the South African government recently issued the latest epidemic prevention regulations: people must wear masks at all times in indoor places and public transport; Vaccination certificate or nucleic acid negative certificate within 72 hours; people in public places must control the social distance of more than one meter and abide by relevant epidemic prevention regulations; passengers entering South Africa must complete all vaccinations or provide WHO-approved Nucleic acid negative certificate within 72 hours.
Mahdi, a South African medical expert and professor of vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, pointed out that the above regulations cannot completely stop the spread of the epidemic.
He emphasized that because Omicron and its related mutant strains have stronger transmission power, people must wear masks with better sealing and maintain the correct way of wearing them that completely cover their mouths and noses to effectively avoid being infected by the virus. .
In addition, he also called on the public to voluntarily vaccinate against the new coronary pneumonia, because vaccination is the most effective way to fight the epidemic.
As of press time on the 7th, the total number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in South Africa reached 3,827,378, with 100,505 deaths, still the most severely affected country on the African continent.
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