South Africa urged to keep COVID immune protection topped up to stave off future waves

Scientists have stressed the importance of keeping the population’s immune protection topped up ahead of future COVID-19 waves.

This past Saturday marked two years since the country’s first coronavirus case was detected here.

The Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa, a collaboration between laboratories, scientists, and academic institutions, is tasked with ensuring that the country stays on top of tracking coronavirus variants.

The impact of a fifth wave of COVID-19 largely depends on the nature of any future variants and how well the population is protected.

Infectious diseases specialist, Doctor Richard Lessels, said that there was still a lot of uncertainty around the trajectory of the pandemic.

“Sometime in the future we are going to see a resurgence of infections, we are likely to see a new variant of some form, and we will see another wave of infection,” he said.

Lessels said that one key issue was whether the population’s immunity level remained topped-up.

He emphasized that although the Omicron variant was unlikely to cause severe disease, the same could not be said for other variants.

-EWN

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