South Africa needs to end the lockdown: here’s a blueprint for its replacement

These are the public health threat from the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic and health effects of the lockdown, and a range of intractable economic problems not directly due to the current pandemic.

But the true number of COVID-19 is difficult to quantify. A limited number of tests have been done, and community-wide screening for suspected infectious cases has been delayed.

On top of this, South Africa may find itself permanently harmed by the simultaneous destruction of both the demand and supply sides of the economy under an extended generalised lockdown.. For example, an extended lockdown could result in the undermining of other health services, such as the immunisation of children.Early forecasts suggest significant economic disruption from the current lockdown, which is costing the economy an estimated R13 billion per day.

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