Coronavirus: Archbishop Makgoba makes urgent appeal for Covid-19 to be taken seriously By Daily Maverick
He says in a public service announcement release today that he is worried that Africans will treat the virus as “a European problem”, and not an African problem. “Viruses do not have passports, they don’t know borders, they don’t respect race or colour.”
He adds: “Please help to reduce it by constantly washing your hands, sanitising and avoiding as much as possible public events where the virus may spread.”I am desperately worried that the coronavirus is described as a European problem by some of the media. As we know, viruses do not have passports, they don’t know borders, they don’t respect race or colour.
So I pray that we will really give this coronavirus, its impact, the urgency that it deserves in Africa and South Africa, and not just bask in the fact that it is a European problem.
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