SA's stringent measures may have delayed Covid-19 surge, says health department official
10 April 2020 - 21:11
The government’s stringent restrictions on travel, trade and social interaction have slowed the rate of new infections of Covid-19 and may have delayed the epidemic’s peak by several months, parliament’s health committee heard on Friday evening.
The government’s models had projected that without interventions to slow transmission of the coronavirus, there would be an overwhelming surge in patients by July, but that point was now projected for September, said the health department’s acting director-general Anban Pillay. A delay would be significant, as it would provide the government more time to prepare...
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