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South Africa finds itself in the middle of the storm of the epidemic of Covid-19, with the propagation of the Omicron variant. The population only has 24% vaccination coverage.
A few kilometers from the center of Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, a district lives to the rhythm of the Omicron variant. In South Africa, 90% new cases have been detected in the province. In the country, the new variant would be at the origin of the explosion of contaminations. On November 18, there were 46 cases per 100,000 population. Saturday, November 27, cases rose to 256 per 100,000 inhabitants.
For the second time since the start of the pandemic, South Africa South East the birthplace of an extremely contagious variant. For most scientists, one explanation would lie in the low vaccination rate. Only 24.1% of South Africans are vaccinated. Among the categories of the population called upon to be vaccinated, there are young people in particular. They would be among the most affected by the new variant.