South Africa: Western Cape Study Shows Why Omicron Wave Caused Less Death

14 January 2022

High rates of vaccination, past infections and the variant itself helped suppress deaths and hospitalisations

A new study has shown that the Omicron wave in the Western Cape was much less deadly than previous waves, owing to vaccination, high rates of past infection in the community, and reduced risk of severe disease and death owing to the variant itself.

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