HEALTH Minister Dr Joe haahla announced on Friday that by the end of February the country would have reached a Covid-19 positivity rate of below 5% which would signal stability, however, he warned that there was an expectation that the fifth wave would break out closer to winter.
Depending on variants of concern, Phaahla said the wave might even break out earlier, adding that only high vaccination coverage will reduce the emergence of more variants.
He said the last 14 days had given the health department a confusing picture.
“We have seen a less resilient decline in infections; the picture being that of a stalemate where there’s no serious decline and yet no worrying rise in infections. Instead of the curve flattening, it has taken the shape of a plateau,” he explained.
The percentage of new cases over the last seven days has decreased by only 0.3%.
The Department of Health’s epidemiologists believe
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