'It's uncomfortable but you've got to be strong' - SA rolls out mobile testing for Covid-19

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South African public health care workers dispersed into the buzzing streets of Johannesburg's Yeoville neighbourhood on Friday as Africa's worst virus-hit country rolled out mass door-to-door testing for Covid-19.

Before the rollout of mass screening and testing, more than 47,500 tests had been performed, 6,000 of them at public health centres.

It reminds him of the early 1990s when HIV first emerged in the country, which now has the world's highest HIV prevalence rate. But Dlomo is hopeful that visibility of heath care workers in communities will push people to realise"that this thing is serious and they need to take precautions". SA's public National Health Laboratory Service has secured 67 mobile vans to ramp up testing across the country.

 

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