South Africa sees no want for brand spanking new COVID restrictions for now – well being minister

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 10 (Reuters) – South Africa doesn’t see the necessity for now to implement any new COVID-19 restrictions within the nation or for travellers regardless of rising instances in different elements of the world, the nation’s well being minister Joe Phaahla mentioned on Tuesday.

Nonetheless, the nation will improve COVID testing and reinvigorate its vaccination marketing campaign in gentle of rising international infections, he mentioned at a media briefing.

Phaahla additionally mentioned that changes would quickly be made on guidelines for booster doses and timing between such doses.

Final week, South Africa detected its first case of the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant of COVID, however it isn’t anticipated to trigger a rise in hospitalisations, South African infectious illness skilled Michelle Groome mentioned on the identical briefing.

Reporting by Alexander Successful; Writing by Bhargav Acharya; Enhancing by Estelle Shirbon

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