South Africans have little to fear from the globally emerging mild BA 2.75 variant of Omicron, known as the Centaurus variant, because the country has a world-beating infectious disease surveillance system and 90% population immunity.
Covid-19: Centaurus variant mild but spreads rapidly, vaccinate the vulnerable, experts say
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