{"id":1134048,"date":"2021-12-20T12:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134048"},"modified":"2021-12-20T12:50:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T17:50:44","slug":"south-african-govt-panel-says-covid-quarantines-no-longer-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-african-govt-panel-says-covid-quarantines-no-longer-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"South African govt. panel says 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\">20<\/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-says-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=1134048&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_2603595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2603595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Growing fears surrounding the new Omicron coronavirus variant is battering the global market. (Reuters Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:20 AM PT \u2013 Monday, December 20, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>According to a South African government panel, the Omicron variant is so mild there\u2019s no need for 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 and there\u2019s no need for restrictions. The panel also said COVID quarantines are no longer feasible from the 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 most people don\u2019t even feel it. Doctors have suggested many South Africans with Omicron don\u2019t even notice they are infected.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are experiencing it as a much milder form\u2026the idea is because it\u2019s a mild disease, it can easily be missed,\u201d explained Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair South African Medical Association. \u201cAnd if you can get them tested and you can make the doctors understand, on the other hand, that the person sitting in front of you might only come in with a complain of slight cold might be actually your Omicron.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In South Africa, we\u2019re thankfully seeing a striking decoupling between new Covid cases and ICU admissions and deaths. Whether <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Omicron?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Omicron<\/a> is inherently less virulent, whether this hopeful finding is result of baseline immunity in infected, or a combination of both, is still unclear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xtmCSdpCNc\">pic.twitter.com\/xtmCSdpCNc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottGottliebMD\/status\/1472664060445569026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ministerial Advisory Committee also said many \u201cwould-be\u201d patients do not seek testing for COVID-19 because it\u2019s burdensome and expensive.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mexico-city-resumes-christmas-festivities-after-2-year-lockdown\/\">Mexico City Resumes Christmas Festivities After 2-Year Lockdown<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing fears surrounding the new Omicron coronavirus variant is battering the global market. 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