Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim both serve on the ministerial committee that advises President Cyril Ramaphosa on SA's Covid-19 response.
Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim both serve on the ministerial committee that advises President Cyril Ramaphosa on SA’s Covid-19 response.
They say lockdown has a limited ability to prevent Covid-19 from spreading, as it can only slow it for a short while.in a webinar at the end of April: “If we want no risk of contracting the virus, we would have to stay inside our homes for 18 months plus, until we have a vaccine. That’s simply not practical, we have to start to do things. Schools, just like workplaces, shopping malls and hospitals, are going to see outbreaks.
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