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Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We know enough about the variant to know what we need to do to reduce transmission and to protect ourselves against severe disease and death. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
There are several concerns about the Omicron variant, and we are still not sure exactly how it will behave going forward. However, we already have the tools that we need to protect ourselves against it. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Epidemiologists and disease modellers have told us that we should expect a fourth wave in early December. Scientists have also told us to expect the emergence of new variants. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
If cases continue to climb, we can expect to enter a fourth wave of infections within the next few weeks, if not sooner. This should not come as a surprise. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The proportion of COVID-19 tests that are positive has risen from around 2 per cent to 9 per cent in less than a week. This is an extremely sharp rise in infections in a short space of time. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We have seen an average of 1,600 new cases in the last 7 days, compared to just 500 new daily cases in the previous week, and 275 new daily cases the week before that. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The identification of Omicron coincides with a sudden rise in COVID-19 infections. This increase has been centred in Gauteng, although cases are also rising in other provinces. https://t.co/hqrOz7OBmq — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
whether the variant causes more severe disease, and, - how effective the current vaccines are against the variant Omicron. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Over the next few days and weeks, as more data becomes available, we will have a better understanding of: - whether Omicron is transmitted more easily between people, - whether it increases the risk of reinfection, - — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
There are still a number of things about the variant that we do not know, and that scientist in South Africa and elsewhere in the world are still hard at work to establish. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Fourthly, we know that the variant is responsible for most of the infections found in Gauteng over the last two weeks and is now showing up in all other provinces. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Thirdly, we know that this variant is different from other circulating variants and that it is not directly related to the Delta or Beta variants. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
This means that people who are showing COVID-19 symptoms or have been in contact with someone who is COVID-19 positive, should still get tested. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Firstly, we now know that Omicron has far more mutations than any previous variant. Secondly, we know that Omicron is readily detected by the current COVID-19 tests. https://t.co/QbWr4FThP3 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
There are a number of things that we already know about the variant as a result of the work our scientists have been doing on genome surveillance. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We pay tribute to all our scientists who are world-renowned and widely respected and have demonstrated that they have a deep knowledge of epidemiology. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The early detection of this variant and the work that has already gone in to understanding its properties and possible effects means that we are better equipped to respond to the variant. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We are one of the countries in the world that set up a surveillance network throughout the country to help us monitor the behaviour of COVID-19. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The early identification of this variant is a result of the excellent work done by our scientists in South Africa & is a direct result of the investment that our Science & Innovation & Health Departments have made in our genomic surveillance capabilities. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The Omicron variant was first described in Botswana and subsequently in South Africa, and scientists have also identified cases in countries such as Hong Kong, Australia, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Denmark and Israel. https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
My Fellow South Africans, Earlier this week, our scientists identified a new variant of the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. The World Health Organization has named it #Omicron and has declared it a ‘variant of concern’. https://t.co/EpfT06jNe1 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Developments in the country's response to the #coronavirus pandemic #COVID19 #StaySafe https://t.co/EpfT062cmt — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
A society like ours, which owes its freedom to the sacrifices made by these gallant daughters & sons, must do everything to ensure that military veterans and their children are able to enjoy the fruits of the freedom that they have helped to bring about. https://t.co/UAzksHBgFw — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The challenges faced by military veterans are many, they are complex and will require a common approach from all parts of government. https://t.co/UAzksHSRx4 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The Department is forming partnerships with various SETAs and other state organs to assist with various skills development programmes. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The Department of Military Veterans is re-positioning its skills development and empowerment programme to ensure that military veterans participate in all government programmes that can create jobs and business and entrepreneurship opportunities. https://t.co/UAzksHBgFw — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The Department of Military Veterans has developed an MoU with the Department of Sports, Arts & Culture and its agencies to assist with the repatriation of remains, erection of monuments in host countries and memorialisation of fallen heroes. https://t.co/UAzksHBgFw — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The Verification Panel continues with the verification of military veterans who are non-statutory force members. The total number of processed applications on 16 November 2021 was 2,549. https://t.co/UAzksHBgFw — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Consultations are underway on the costing and funding of the pension policy. The target date for payment is 1 April 2022. https://t.co/UAzksHBgFw — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Provincial offices have been capacitated to assist military veterans at provincial level. A moratorium on applications for education support has been lifted and the Department of Military Veterans is now receiving and processing new applications. https://t.co/UAzksHBgFw — PolitiTweet.org
