NSW records 5715 cases; Dominic Perrottet is expected to detail when NSW will reintroduce QR code check-ins today, including hospitality and retail; booster supply is plenty, says General Frewen. Follow updates here.
South Africa’s huge wave of omicron cases appears to be subsiding just as quickly as it grew in the weeks after the country first announced that a new coronavirus variant had been identified.
“If previous variants caused waves shaped like Kilimanjaro, omicron’s is more like we were scaling the north face of Everest,” Salim Abdool Karim said in an interview, referring to the near-vertical increase in infections that South Africa recorded in the first weeks of December. Just a week ago, South Africa had skyrocketing positivity rates and massive lines for testing. But during the first days of this week, there has been a turnaround in rates and stress on testing facilities.
On Monday, the United States’ top infectious-disease expert, Anthony Fauci, said the Biden administration was considering lifting those travel restrictions, given that community spread of the variant was occurring in many countriesGeneral John Frewen has reiterated his message that supply of the COVID-19 booster vaccine is plentiful.
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