Healthworkers in Stjwetla in Alexandra, Johannesburg, testing people in the area where a man tested positive for coronavirus. Picture: THULANI MBELE
The government has taken some of the most decisive measures on the continent to tackle the spread of Covid-19, conducting the most tests and imposing one of its strictest lockdowns. SA had recorded 27,403 confirmed coronavirus cases and 577 deaths as of Thursday, out of some 655,000 people tested. The ministry said it is prioritising processing tests for patients admitted in hospitals and healthcare workers, while also collecting specimens from community screening.
How inefficient is this, it was said that they needed the lockdown time to prepare, what was prepared? Or planned?
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