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South Africa Omicron
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- Dr. John Campbell
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- Sep 10, 2026
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- 1669
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Summary
South Africa illuminates our future https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus South Africa, omicron situation and trends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4EwCFqiJag Cases, + 26,976 Will increase for the next few weeks Positivity, 32.2% Deaths, + 54 Professor Shabir Madhi Gauteng Cases probably peaked More transmissibility Combined with more population prior immunity Three to four weeks, down from 8 weeks in previous waves Uncoupling of cases severe disease and death rate Delta 20,000 reported cases per day resulted in with 250 to 300 deaths Omicron Deaths 10 times less Omicron not less virulent But more community immunity Antibodies and T cells Omicron is antibody evasive T cytotoxic immunity is relatively well conserved This is what is causing the uncoupling T cells come from infection and vaccination Gauteng, serum survey 73% have been infected by the virus, this has led to a lot of T cell immunity Both will protect against severe disease https://www.discovery.co.za/corporate/news-room https://www.discovery.co.za/corporate/news-room Data from the first three weeks of the Omicron-driven wave in South Africa Data, spanning clinical records, vaccination records, pathology test results 3.7 million people Omicron: A highly transmissible variant causing rapid community spread The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 Fuelling South Africa’s fourth wave Genomic Surveillance, Omicron over 90% of new infections Has displaced Delta variant The Omicron-driven fourth wave has a significantly steeper trajectory of new infections relative to prior waves. National data show an exponential increase in both new infections and test positivity rates Vaccine effectiveness during the current Omicron wave SAMRC, n= 211,000 positive tests 41% from adult members who had received two doses of the Pfize…