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FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2025
Delta variant starting to dominate in S Africa, scientists say

Coronavirus chronicle

Reuters
26 June, 2021, 06:40 pm
Last modified: 26 June, 2021, 06:53 pm

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Delta variant starting to dominate in S Africa, scientists say

South Africa is the worst-hit country on the African continent in terms of confirmed Covid-19 infections and deaths

Reuters
26 June, 2021, 06:40 pm
Last modified: 26 June, 2021, 06:53 pm
A woman receives a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, as South Africa rolls out the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination to the elderly at the Munsieville Care for the Aged Centre outside Johannesburg, South Africa May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo/File Photo
A woman receives a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, as South Africa rolls out the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination to the elderly at the Munsieville Care for the Aged Centre outside Johannesburg, South Africa May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo/File Photo

The Delta coronavirus variant, first identified in India, appears to be dominating new infections in South Africa, local scientists told a news conference on Saturday.

South Africa is the worst-hit country on the African continent in terms of confirmed Covid-19 infections and deaths.

It is in the middle of a "third wave" of infections, recording more than 18,000 new cases on Friday.

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Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane told the same news conference that it was now likely that the peak of the third wave would surpass the peak of the second wave in January.

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