{"id":1132631,"date":"2021-12-19T17:50:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T22:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1132631"},"modified":"2021-12-19T17:50:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T22:50:40","slug":"south-african-govt-panel-covid-quarantines-no-longer-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-african-govt-panel-covid-quarantines-no-longer-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"South African govt. panel: COVID quarantines no longer needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-african-govt-panel-covid-quarantines-no-longer-needed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1132631&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2617188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2617188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOPSHOT \u2013 Health workers wait to administer the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto on February 17, 2021. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:11 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, December 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A South African government panel said the Omicron variant is mild enough that there\u2019s no need for further quarantines and contact tracing.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministerial Advisory Committee of South Africa said the proportion of people who are immune to COVID-19 has risen dramatically, stating there\u2019s no need for more restrictions. The panel additionally said COVID quarantines are no longer feasible from economic and social viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the ratio of hospitalizations to cases has dropped by 30 percent in South Africa, with doctors saying the new strain is so mild that most people don\u2019t feel many side effects. Doctors added many South Africans with Omicron hardly notice they\u2019re infected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;We are experiencing it as a much milder form\u2026it&#8217;s definitely a different clinical picture, it&#8217;s not the same as delta.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Angelique Coetzee, the South African doctor who first spotted the new Covid variant Omicron, speaks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nigel_Farage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ngcS462UNn\">pic.twitter.com\/ngcS462UNn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB News (@GBNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GBNEWS\/status\/1470477425301725194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are experiencing it as a much milder form,\u201d said Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association. \u201cThe idea is because it\u2019s a mild disease, it can easily be missed and if you can make the doctors understand on the other hand that that person sitting in front of you who might only come in with a complaint of a slight cold, might actually be Omicron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ministerial Advisory Committee said many patients are beginning to avoid testing for COVID-19 because it\u2019s burdensome and expensive.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/moderna-halts-mrna-patent-with-federal-govt\/\">Moderna Halts MRNA Patent With Federal Govt.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPSHOT \u2013 Health workers wait to administer the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto on February 17, 2021. 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