Covid-19 fourth wave looming
South Africa could experience a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the middle of next month or in early January. This is according to Health Minister Joe Phaahla. Phaahla and a panel of experts were giving an update on how they were dealing with the pandemic on Friday morning
Over 13-million people have been fully vaccinated so far.
Phaahla says health care workers are being targeted for booster shots to help them to cope with the coming wave. He says they will start with workers first vaccinated in the Sisonke trial.
“In terms of planning our next phase of boosters, we would also want to make it available for other health workers outside the Sesonke trials. We are receiving a lot of enquiries about health workers who were on the Pfizer. The same process we will need to get approval from SAHPRA (South African Health Products Regulatory Authority),” says Phaahla.
