South Africa considers the peak of the Omicron wave passed and lifts the curfew
South Africa has enacted the end of night curfew that was applied between midnight and four in the morning with immediate effects, considering that the peak of the contagion wave has been surpassed that has kept the country in suspense, accelerated by the omicron variant and considered the fourth since the pandemic broke out. The end of the measure has been announced by the South African government in a statement published on Thursday. The country has entered alert level 1 on a scale of 5, and has taken the measure of ease restrictions.
“All indicators show that the country has passed the peak of the fourth wave,” the government statement said. “While the variant Ómicron is highly transmissible, there have been some lower hospitalization rates than in previous waves “, concludes the letter. The data available to the South African health authorities show a weekly decrease of 29.7% of the contagions recorded in the past week, which ended on December 25.
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