News24.com | Omicron panic: How the dumping of 17 000 positive tests skewed the picture of SA’s epidemic trajectory

Days before SA announced the discovery of the Omicron variant, health officials reported thousands of historic Covid-19 infections, skewing the country’s epidemic trajectory in the eyes of the world – which quickly introduced travel bans potentially based on misleading data.

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