South Africa Omicron COVID variant

South Africa to roll out COVID booster shots next month

December 10, 2021 by Arhama Altaf

South Africa will next month start giving Pfizer booster shots against coronavirus, a health official said Friday, a day after the country reported a near-record high in daily cases of the disease. “The first people who will qualify for the booster dose in South Africa will be people over the age of 60 years,” Dr … Read more

Omicron empties South Africa safari lodges

December 3, 2021 by Arhama Altaf

Sabine Stam didn’t expect to have her feet up, sipping white wine on the deck of a half-empty safari lodge near South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Her tour company was full of bookings for the December peak season. Then Omicron came. First reported by South African scientists to the World Health Organization on November 24, … Read more

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