The Covid-19 infection rate could jump from 5% to 10% per day as South Africa emerges from a five-week hard lockdown from Friday. Not all experts agree on just what the increase will be, but two of the country’s foremost experts on Covid-19 believe the easing of the lockdown will see the infection rate increase until about September. "I anticipate that, once we lift the lockdown, we will expect the number of cases to rise," he said. Your pharmacist may extend it, new regulations stateDe Oliveira says a rise in infections, from 5% -10% a day, is likely when the lockdown is eased. He says our daily rate of infections has reduced from 33% per day to about 5% per day.

Source: News 24 May 01, 2020 04:30 UTC