NEWS ANALYSIS: Coronavirus would wreak havoc on SA’s public health system
Worldwide spread of the virus suggests that it will make its appearance in SA sooner or later
17 February 2020 - 05:05
The wildfire spread of the coronavirus from China’s Hubei province to 28 other countries suggests it is just a matter of time before it arrives in SA.
Scientists are racing to model the likely impact of the new pathogen, with a leading epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong warning last week that Covid-19 could infect up to 60% of the world’s population. Even if most cases are mild and the mortality rate is less than 2%, as now appears to be the case, such extensive spread would be devastating...
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