Second wave could still go higher, says Zweli Mkhize
The health minister fears a resurgence of infections as people return to Gauteng after the holidays
18 January 2021 - 19:10
SA’s second wave of Covid-19 infections, which has already far outpaced its first, could be driven even higher by post-Christmas holiday homecoming and overcrowded funerals, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Monday.
SA has recorded 1.34-million cases of Covid-19 and about 37,000 deaths. Daily new cases, which surged to a record high of 21,000 earlier in January, have since fallen to just over 12,000 a day — around the level of its first-wave peak back in July...
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