LETTER: SA must follow the Covid rules

The expected fifth wave of Covid is making its presence felt and medical experts are warning of the potentially dire consequences of a new variant sweeping across the country.

The government must, as a matter of urgency, invoke new measures to enforce compliance with the preventive rules, which are being brazenly ignored. Unless we as a nation exercise strict personal control, the chances of containing the wave, let alone defeating it, are diminished.

We cannot afford a new hard lockdown — the cost will be astronomical. A new lockdown will shatter our economic wellbeing, and poverty will escalate.

We will pay the price if we ignore safety rules and regulations; such folly will lead to hardship, discomfort, hunger and death. The safety and future of SA is in our hands.

Farouk Araie
Joburg

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