SA has 420k COVID19 infection to date -experts debate merits of govt’s response NkoRaphael & N_Ayanda
JOHANNESBURG/DURBAN – With over 422,000 infections in the country, division on how government should respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying.
Two-hundred-and -fifty deaths have been recorded overnight, pushing the national death toll to 6,643. While the lockdown was initially implemented to prepare health facilities and to slow the spread, Professor Shabir Madhi said there appears to be no plan to deal with virus in the country anymore. Rofessor shabir madhi has suggested that there is a deviation in government’s initial plan to deal with the coronavirus.
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