At least one-million people might require acute hospital care if there is sustained community transmission of Covid-19 in SA, according to projections by an expert from the Actuarial Society of SA .
The projection of one-million people requiring acute care in hospital was based on a conservative estimate that only 40% of the population caught Covid-19, and 5% were critically ill, Ranchod said. Many epidemiologists are projecting much greater infection rates, of up to 70% of the population. “It clearly illustrates that we need to combine public and private capacity to have the best shot at dealing with this, not to mention slowing down the impact on acute facilities,” she said.
“It is therefore critically important that anyone who suspects they have the virus self-isolates,” she said.
Possibility? It's an inevitability. It's happened all over Europe, no way will SA be immune.
Gale street mortuary in Durban. Please help us
Gale street mortuary won't release the bodies of our loved one's for burial. Apparently they are on strike. what does that have to do with grieving families. Somebody anybody, please help us. Government facility is torturing us😭😭😭
and that with no confirmed cases!! WTF!
It’s not if it’s when, that’s why we should flatten the curve now. 100 people gatherings are still way too many
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