{"id":1464,"date":"2021-12-07T09:24:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T07:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2021-12-07T09:24:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T07:24:30","slug":"national-coronavirus-command-council-to-meet-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/12\/07\/national-coronavirus-command-council-to-meet-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"National Coronavirus Command Council to meet soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) will be meeting to take stock of the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This as new COVID-19 cases surged by nearly five-fold over the past weeks alone \u2013 rising from a positivity rate of about 2% to about 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will soon be convening a meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council to review the state of the pandemic. This will enable us to take whatever further measures are needed to keep people safe and healthy,\u201d the President said in his weekly newsletter on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President said although the steep rise in infections is a concern, the surge and the emergence of new variants like Omicron were to be expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As we enter the fourth wave, and as the country gears up for the festive season, the urgent priority is for more people to get vaccinated. Scientific evidence shows that vaccination is the most effective means of preventing the spread of new infections. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xTifscW7es\">https:\/\/t.co\/xTifscW7es<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fLxMmID1zI\">pic.twitter.com\/fLxMmID1zI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cyril Ramaphosa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@CyrilRamaphosa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyrilRamaphosa\/status\/1467741675896328192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: GCIS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) will be meeting to take stock of the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. 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