HEALTH Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that South Africa has officially entered the second wave of COVID-19 infections, sparking fears that the country may be heading to another lockdown as the festive season approaches.
Mkhize’s announcement follows reported infections in the wake of matric festivals and various super-spreader events across the country.
“We are now is a second wave. Four provinces are the key drivers of this new wave. They are Eastern Cape, Western Cape, KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng.
“Up to the last week, the increase was mainly in Eastern Cape and the Western Cape in specific districts. But now we have numbers that indicate we are in a second wave.”
Medical experts and doctors say that a second wave of COVID-19 across South Africa is due primarily to the relaxation of lockdown measures, increased public laxity (wearing masks, distancing), and the fact that the majority of the population remains
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