Not all provincial Covid-19 data is collected equally
Private vs public-sector screening, or community-based screening including hot-spots — the testing criteria don’t reveal a complete picture
27 May 2020 - 05:05
President Cyril Ramaphosa was wise to announce at the weekend that the relaxation of the lockdown on June 1 would apply to the entire country. But he indicated that the next relaxation could exclude hot-spots, which highlights the necessity for accurate information on the spread of Covid-19 countrywide.
In between being lobbied from every quarter with an interest in having their restrictions eased, he may have come across a disconcerting problem: the dearth of available data for making regional comparisons...
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