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Third wave on the way, but there’s time to lessen impact

THE arrival of a third wave in South Africa is not a question of “if” but rather “when”, according to leading South African scientists and health professionals.

For the past two weeks, positive Covid-19 infections hovered at around the 2000 mark. Using data metrics to track the daily Covid-19 cases, hospitalisation and deaths, scientists say they expect the third wave to arrive with the start of winter this June.

An uptick in Covid-19 cases in a number of provinces including Gauteng, Northern Cape, and

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