Hospitalization, and death rate, are both growing in South Africa. The case rate isn't decreasing either. Test positivity rate was 60% in the last 24 hours, according to <a href="https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/national-covid-19-daily-report/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covi...</a><p>So those statements from Dr Coetzee don't seem to be based on actual data. They might be politically motivated, to get rid of the travel ban? Yes, the travel ban is probably useless now, as Omicron is already the majority of cases in e.g. London. But that's a different story.