The chair of the South African Medical Association, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, said that symptoms of Omicron have been mild so far and can be treated at home. “The majority of what we are presenting to primary health care practitioners are extremely mild cases, so mild to moderate. And so, these patients, it means they don’t need to be hospitalized for now,” Coetzee, who is also a private practitioner, told CNN on Nov. 30. “We try to get the message out there to the world to say listen, we’re not saying this is not going to be a disease going forward that’s going to cause severe disease; it will cause severe disease, but if this disease can cause to more than the majority of people mild symptoms, easily treatable at home, no need for admission, that’s a first prize.” Coetzee was among one of the first doctors to suspect a new strain …