Salim Abdool Karim, a public health expert at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, said that while only a "modest" rise in cases had been noted, South Africa was also in the middle of a holiday period and testing had dropped significantly. He said the cases were slowing and were "not following a rocket-like upward trajectory we would expect" in another spike of disease.
Salim Abdool Karim, impuguke mu buzima rusange muri kaminuza ya KwaZulu-Natal, yavuze ko mu gihe hagaragaye ubwiyongere bukabije mu manza, Afurika yepfo nayo yari mu kiruhuko kandi ikizamini cyaragabanutse cyane. Yavuze ko imanza zidindiza kandi ko "zidakurikiza inzira ya roketi imeze nk'izamuka hejuru".