South Africa's health minister said on Friday that the government believed that vaccines and high levels of prior Covid-19 infection were helping to keep disease milder in a wave driven by the Omicron variant.There have been early anecdotal accounts suggesting that Omicron is causing less severe illness than previous variants in South Africa but scientists say it is too early to draw firm conclusions.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/omicron-south-africa-says-vaccines-prior-infection-help-mildness-of-covid-cases/articleshow/88339786.cms