EDITORIAL: Up to us to put the brakes on coronavirus
State action alone won’t work. Rather, the responsibility to act lies with you and me
19 March 2020 - 05:00
It’s all anyone can talk about: the Covid-19 virus that is forcing every South African to seek sanctuary at home, swarm supermarkets for crates of toilet paper, and consider bartering relatives for pallets of hand sanitiser.
With over 7,800 global deaths and the JSE wiping years of savings off your pension every week, it’s clear that fear is the predominant emotion now...
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