Covid-19

Health workers collect data from a man before taking samples during Kenya’s COVID-19 mass testing exercise. Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty

Listen To Today’s Daily News Wrap, Wednesday 17 March

It’s Wednesday 17 March 2021! Today in The South African’s Daily News Wrap,the third wave of Covid-19 and what to expect. All the news you really need to know.

Covid-19

Health workers collect data from a man before taking samples during Kenya’s COVID-19 mass testing exercise. Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty

This is The South African’s Daily News Wrap for Wednesday 17 March 2021 – with all the latest news you really need to know.

In our top story,

Expectations for the third wave of Covid-19

The Third wave and what experts say will cause SA’s next ‘superspreader event’It’s a question of ‘when’, rather than ‘if’, as we assess the potential third wave of COVID-19 in South Africa.

A slow vaccine rollout, compounded by the onset of winter, is likely to fuel a resurgence in new infections

One of the key drivers for a spike in transmission are superspreader events – and experts believe they know what’ll cause the next one.

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