JOHANNESBURG – South Africa COVID-19 spike has taken the country to more than 1 million confirmed cases on Sunday and Presid
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South Africa’s COVID-19 spike has taken the country to more than 1 million confirmed cases on Sunday and President Cyril Ramaphosa called an emergency meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council. The country’s new variant of the coronavirus,501. V2, is more contagious and has quickly become dominant in many areas of the resurgence, according to experts. With South Africa’s hospitals reaching capacity and no sign of the new surge reaching a peak, Ramaphosa is expected to announce a return to restrictive measures designed to slow the spread of the disease. “We are not helpless in the face of this variant,” infectious disease specialist Dr. Richard Lessells told The Associated Press.
