but we can now speak to cheryl cohen. here is the head of the center for risperidone disease at south africa's national institute for communicable diseases thank you very much for joining us on the covered 19 special how would you characterize the coronavirus situation in south africa is there a feeling that it's over the worst. so thanks for having me i think you know right now in south africa case numbers are i had a relatively low level and they have been reducing since the peak of stick and wave around the new year but i think me you know would you characterize it as the as the risk is over we know from from previous waves you know case that has reached a high levels and then they came down but they sit in the remains am a risk to case numbers may increase again so right now you know except in a small number of provinces case numbers are generally at a low level but if it doesn't mean at all that they become places that will think that they will remain at this level you know you're working on the assumption that there

so we can now speak to cheryl cohen here is the head of the center for risperidone disease at south africa's national institute for communicable diseases thank you very much for joining us on the call that 19 special how would you characterize the coronavirus situation in south africa is there a feeling that it's over the worst. thanks for having me i think you know rak now is how the africa case numbers i had a relatively low level. and they have been reducing since since the peak of our 2nd wave around the new year you better bet it me you know wouldn't characterize it as the. risk is over and we know from from previous waves that you know case numbers reach very high levels and then they came down but they certainly remains am a risk that case numbers may increase again so right now you know except in a small number of provinces and case numbers are generally at a low level that doesn't mean at all that they be complacent or think that they the society will remain at this level yeah you're working on the assumption that there will be wave or a year i suppose hoping that it can just be avo

i thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us cheryl cohen from south africa's national institute for communicable diseases. now it's time to answer more of your questions about science correspondent rick williams. is there any conclusive evidence for avoiding alcohol before or after receiving a covert 19 vaccine. asking for conclusive evidence for anything in this pandemic is setting the bar pretty high which is why most of the commentary that i read on this topic has has been pretty head and and i couldn't find any really clear directives issued by trustworthy health care bodies like the c.d.c. or the w.h.o. saying you should stop drinking completely before or between vaccine shots maybe it's best therefore to start by looking at the conclusive evidence that we do have we know alcohol abuse is bad for your house pretty much everyone agrees on that and there are convincing studies out there showing that one of the things regular heavy alcohol consumption impacts negatively is immune system response there are other studies however showing that light or moderate drinking doesn't ha

thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us cheryl cohen from south africa's national institute for communicable diseases. now it's time to answer more of your questions about science correspondent rick williams. is there any conclusive evidence for avoiding alcohol before or after receiving a covert going team vaccine. asking for conclusive evidence for anything in this pandemic is setting the bar pretty high which is why most of the commentary that i read on this topic has has been pretty head and and i couldn't find any really clear directives issued by trustworthy healthcare bodies like the c.d.c. your the w.h.o. saying you should stop drinking completely before or between vaccine shots maybe it's best therefore to start by looking at the conclusive evidence that we do have we know alcohol abuse is bad for your house pretty much everyone agrees on that and there are convincing studies out there showing that one of the things regular heavy alcohol consumption impacts negatively is immune system response there are other studies however showing that light or moderate drinking d

thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us cheryl cohen from south africa's national institute for communicable diseases. now it's time to answer more of your questions about science correspondent derek williams. is there any conclusive evidence for avoiding alcohol before or after receiving a covert 1000 vaccine. asking for conclusive evidence for anything in this pandemic is setting the bar pretty high which is why most of the commentary that i read on this topic has has been pretty head and and i couldn't find any really clear directives issued by trustworthy health care bodies like the c.d.c. or the w.h.o. saying you should stop drinking completely before or between vaccine shots maybe it's best therefore to start by looking at the conclusive evidence that we do have we know alcohol abuse is bad for your house pretty much everyone agrees on that and there are convincing studies out there showing that one of the things regular heavy alcohol consumption impacts negatively is immune system response there are other studies however showing that light or moderate drinking doesn't