Netcare: 90 percent of patients not receiving additional oxygen

Early data suggests the Omicron variant is not causing as severe illness as previous waves. The Netcare hospital group, says it's seeing milder symptoms in COVID-19 patients at its hospitals at the moment. Doctor Richard, CEO of the country's biggest hospital group Netcare, spoke with eNCA's Sally Burdett. Courtesy of #DStv403

[frankiemoonsamy]

Tunes are changing as the push back is overwhelming.

[daphnemasalesa]

You sound dissapointed celi...that people are not getting sick....

[motho]

This means that Omicron is not variant of concern at all. NO MORE LOCK DOWNS AND TRAVEL BAN.

[RoystonWyatt]

Govts are trying so desperately to ride this covid gravy train, but this latest while very transmittable strain, has very low death rates and very low severe illness. Time for us to live life again and for govts and mainstream media to give it a rest

[martinmbokazi]

And yet THE WESTERN MEDIA blows this picture out of proportion

[warrenchapman]

Why the scary name in the first place?

[nomfunekonosilela]

But with all the other variants you have always based your conclusions on a two week lag. So if you have information from 3 week data how can you say it's too early to tell.

[isja]

NO. Take a bow Cosatu and AMCU. Stop the tyranny

[mylesjoseph]

25% vaccinated
75% unvaccinated
That's an unbiased comparison.

[thomasschierer]

OPEN A STADIUM FOR JUST COVID! SEPARATE VACCINATED FROM INVACCINATED

[johntex]

What's amazing is the CEO of Netcare still believes that masks work, when tests have been done around the world and have proved it does not help.