RAZINA MUNSHI: Were South Africans asked to make an enormous sacrifice for few gains?
Citizens embraced the strict early measures and welcomed the government's explanation for the need for it. But the cost has been very high – to the economy and to individuals – and the hard lockdown was ended before the country approached a peak in the infection rate
09 June 2020 - 06:00
In the months ahead, scrutiny of government’s Covid-19 strategy will continue, then shift gear, and afterwards circle back again.
Was implementing five levels of Covid-19 lockdown the right way to deal with the effect on the economy? Did opening places of worship during level 3 cause infection rates to spike? Did government work hard enough to secure protective equipment for hospital staff, or improve staffing and equipment levels at public hospitals? What are the costs of its response to the changing economic conditions of its people?..
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