WATCH: Mkhize says alcohol ban evidence-based

“Conversely, when alcohol restrictions were lifted during level three, facilities reported up to 60% increase in trauma emergency centre admissions and up to 200% increase in ICU trauma admissions,” he said.

According to Mkhize, some modeling was done to predict the impact of an alcohol ban, where it was “demonstrated that the reintroduction of an alcohol ban could result in 20% reduction of all trauma and 40% reduction of all alcohol-related trauma by the third week.”Mkhize said the country expected a spike in COVID-19 cases between August and September.- Coronavirus Hotline Number: 0800 029 999 from 8am to 4pm, Monday to FridaySend HI to 0600 123 456 on WhatsApp.

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