Odd drop in how Covid-19 numbers grow - The Mail & Guardian

Speaking to the media on Wednesday night, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said, “We will only fight coronavirus with facts and evidence-based strategies, not fake news.”

He added: “Closing ports of entry is a factor. Up to last week 70% of positive cases were passengers coming into the country.” Talking after launching new mobile testing units, Mkhize said the lower numbers were good news, but this might turn out to be “the calm before the devastating storm”. Pulling no punches, he said: “These will flood our hospitals and clinics.”

A researcher said: “The frustrating thing is that we are gradually getting less and less information. And that’s frustrating to us because we can’t help the department of health and the NICD if they are not releasing the data. Dr Richard Lessels from the University of KwaZulu Natal said the drop in the numbers could be a result of some of the earlier measures that were taken.

“The data right now is not telling us anything about whether testing is working or not,” said another researcher.

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