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IIRC she said that very early on, things have evolved since then. There's data come out that in Gauteng province (hardest hit area of South Africa so far, where Omicron was first sequenced) the population was running at over 70% having either previous infection with Delta (very recently, as...

Just announced: 78,610 new cases. The rest of the data that goes with this is going to be why he's on TV tonight.

They've also said it's likely to be a result of previous infections / vaccination offering some protection against severe disease.

Whatever it's for, he needs to be really careful given there's a by-election tomorrow. Anything that could be construed as political, especially if deemed as an attempt to influence voters tomorrow, will be jumped on by opposition parties. As such: it'll be a pure public health messaging event...

It's not slight. Omicron has enough mutations to be significantly different from any strain seen previously. And while Omicron is good at evading the vaccines if you've only had 2 jabs, all the signs are that the booster is very effective against it. And there's growing evidence that if you...