Public health expert Prof Salim Abdool Karim says South Africa has reached a point where a new Covid-19 strategy is needed.
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Professor Karim Abdool Karim says the country should look at moving away from wearing masks and sanitising as there's a significant drop in new infections.
Former head of the Ministerial Advisory Committee and director of CAPRISA, Salim Abdool Karim, spoke to eNCA. #DStv403 That's the view of the former head of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Salim Abdool Karim. Today marks exactly two years to the day the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in South Africa. Since then, the country has reported over 3.6 million cases and almost 100,000 deaths.
Calls for COVID-19 face mask restrictions to be relaxed in South Africa are mounting with the State of Disaster drawing to a close.
Karim believes outdoor mask mandates and requirements to sanitise โcan be droppedโ โ but he isnโt so relaxed when it comes to the unvaccinated. Image: Bantu Holomisa/ Twitter Image: Bantu Holomisa/ Twitter
Former head of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, certainly thinks so. According to an address on eNCA, ...
According to an address on eNCA, Karim says that sanitizing and the wearing of masks could now become a thing of the past. Former head of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, certainly thinks so. Is South Africa is ready to drop some of the restrictions that have been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic?