Pretoria | I was shocked...I was thinking what are we going to do as we hadn't seen, for quite a few weeks, COVID patients anymore: South African Medical Assn Chairperson, Angelique Coetzee to ANI
She was the 1st to alert govt scientists to possibility of a new variant- #Omicron
She was the 1st to alert govt scientists to possibility of a new variant- #Omicron
Infectivity rate in South Africa was less than 1%. We did expect cases but more towards Dec end-Jan beginning in the festive season. So, this was premature for us. I started to test patients coming in with symptoms not typical of a normal viral infection: Angelique Coetzee to ANI
I thought that maybe it can be a viral infection but when we tested, it was COVID positive. Specifically around 18th, I saw more patients with more or less the same symptoms. I alerted advisory committee. Our labs &
RTPCR tests found a strange thing going on: Angelique Coetzee
RTPCR tests found a strange thing going on: Angelique Coetzee
Last week it was confirmed that South Africa saw a new variant. I think this variant has been around for some time. May be not in South Africa but in other countries because other countries are seeing quite a high rise in their numbers of infections: Angelique Coetzee to ANI
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