Localised coronavirus outbreaks in parts of South Africa have raised fears that the country could see a resurgence in cases compounded by gatherings during the upcoming festive season.
Officials in Africa's hardest virus-hit country are scrambling to contain infections after a flare-up was reported in the impoverished Eastern Cape province and adjacent Western Cape province last month.
The national number of new daily cases crept over 3,000 last week, up 50% from an average of 2,000 earlier in November. More than half the increase is driven by infections in the Eastern Cape and around 25% by cases in the Western Cape. "(The) small cluster outbreaks which we are seeing...