Change behaviour or Covid-19 cases will rage on, say experts
Prof Tulio de Oliveira says the huge increase in infections is just the tip of the iceberg because SA is not testing widely
24 December 2020 - 13:51
Health experts have warned that SA will experience high levels of Covid-19 infections if people continue to ignore safety protocols.
“With the new variant and the festive season‚ we anticipate there will be high levels of transmission unless we change our behaviour and adopt non-pharmaceutical interventions of mask-wearing and social-distancing because that is the only way we will break this rise in infections‚” said health department director-general Dr Anban Pillay...
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