RAZINA MUNSHI: Three steps back — will SA’s New York return to level 5?
What good will a lockdown really do, now that community transmission is well-entrenched? And what can it do to help a healthcare system that is already close to reaching its bed capacity?
07 July 2020 - 06:00
The data paints a frightening picture: SA’s Covid-19 infection rate has doubled from 100,000 to 205,721 in just two weeks. The country’s daily new cases are so high, it is now fourth in the world, lagging only the US, India and Brazil.
In another day or two, total Covid-19 infections in Gauteng will overtake the Western Cape. Already, Gauteng’s daily new cases far exceed anything the Western Cape has seen. In fact, with over 4,000 daily cases recorded, the province is on par with countries such as Pakistan, Peru and Saudi Arabia...
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