‘Trauma units now cannot cope with patient numbers because of alcohol-related injuries,’ said Dr Gilles Van Cutsem of Doctors Without Borders.Gauteng Premier David Makhura briefs media on Covid-19 regulations, Johannesburg, 2 July 2020. Picture: Twitter / @David_Makhura
Makhura said there was a need to tighten measures, which could include a possible relook at regulations governing hours in the sale of alcohol, expected to be among issues up for discussion during a provincial executive council meeting on Friday. “The number of people dying in South Africa went down during the lockdown, though it has been during the Covid-19 crisis, because of the ban on the sale of alcohol and the subsequent reduction in the number of vehicle accidents, homicides and violent trauma.Painting a gloomy picture of Gauteng faced with a rising tide of the coronavirus, Makhura made a call during a media briefing for citizens to act responsibly.
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