SA sees Covid-19 fourth wave starting in early December

South Africa expects a fourth wave of coronavirus infections to start on December 2 and to last about 75 days, Salim Abdool Karim, former chairman of the government’s ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19, said.

The government is assuming that the wave will follow a similar pattern to that of the third wave and that there will be a new variant by then, he said in a Government Technical Advisory Centre conference.

Data is suggesting the current wave will end about August 26, he said.