South Africa is struggling with a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases as the Omicron variant continues to spread.
The Omicron variant is now dominant there, with 70 per cent of all the virus’ genomes the country sequenced last month having been of the new variant. Infections have also recently doubled there in nearly 24 hours.
About 36 per cent of adults in South Africa are fully vaccinated, according to official statistics.
Crystal Goomansingh explains what scientists are looking for, and how South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is slamming the international response to the Omicron variant.
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