To everyone’s relief, SA’s health system has largely coped with the coronavirus pandemic, sparing the nation the harrowing spectacle of overwhelmed hospitals and mortuaries as seen in northern Italy and New York.

The question is why? And for that, researchers have no easy answer...

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