GPs in South Africa's commercial metropolis Johannesburg said they are experiencing a surge of Covid-19 cases linked to the new omicron variant.
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Dr Sharony Cohen said: “[We're] snowed under. It has exploded around here.
“It is very early days... This appears to be very, very infectious, we are inundated with patients.”
“We don’t know what is happening going forward, so this is so stressful – the sheer number.”
“It is very early days... This appears to be very, very infectious, we are inundated with patients.”
“We don’t know what is happening going forward, so this is so stressful – the sheer number.”
Doctors stressed that the mild omicron cases are primarily being found in upper and middle-class neighbourhoods where patients were far more likely to be vaccinated and have access to private healthcare.
Experts warned that more severe cases could be going unreported in poorer neighbourhoods and that it was far too early to tell if the variant was more dangerous than delta.
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