The Institute’s Professor Adrian Puren has encouraged people to remain vigilant and continue to respect protocols like mask-wearing in public.
“You know, I think that people think that the pandemic is over, it’s not over. We certainly have come through its fourth resurgence. It’s really difficult I think to predict what will happen with regard to this virus and in terms of its evolution. So far, what we’ve seen in circulation is the variant of concern and some of the sub-lineages, but we’re not sure what those lineages really mean. So, I think it’s important for us as South Africans to not become complacent.”
Data from Oxford University shows that 10 billion coronavirus vaccines have now been administered across the globe. Oxford University has been keeping a tally since vaccines were first rolled out.
South Africa warned against complacency during the festive season:
