WC could soon be under siege from Delta variant

The coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in the Cape Town Metro, Garden Route, and Overberg District.

Provincial health officials gave an update on their COVID-19 management plan on Thursday, saying they were also sequencing samples from other districts to identify where else the variant may be present.

The more transmissible Delta variant is also driving a massive spike in coronavirus detected in Gauteng.

A rapid rise in new coronavirus cases are being recorded in the Western Cape, with an average of 1,430 new infections being diagnosed daily.

Public health specialist Mary-Ann Davies said the symptom profile of COVID-19 caused by the Delta variant seemed to be different and was more like that of a normal cold.

“So, it can just be a headache, a sore throat, a runny nose, and sneezing with no fever at all. And this is important because people may think I’ve just got a normal cold, and they may not realize that they actually are a case and that they need to isolate.”

Davies urges people to treat their cold or flu-like symptoms as if it is COVID-19.

“Even if you don’t test, you do need to isolate as if it is COVID because most probably it is with the Delta variant,” she said.

A 51% week-on-week rise in new coronavirus cases has been recorded in the province. Head of health Dr Keith Cloete said there’d been a 63% increase in new cases in the Western Cape’s rural areas.

-EWN

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