Pretoria - More resources will be needed to fight the Covid-19 storm, says Dr Nathi Mdladla, associate professor and chief intensivist at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital and Sefako Makgatho University.Mdladla said there were probably more Covid-19 negative people under investigation who were dying while waiting for their results than those who had tested positive.“We closed down half of the hospital to convert it to a Covid-29 facility.
He said while the rest of the world had increased restrictions in concert with the impending level of danger, South Africa had done the reverse - as the number of cases increased, the economy opened with fewer restrictions. He added that in terms of the reintroduction of stricter regulations of lockdown, the timing would not be right at this stage.“We may introduce further lockdown, but the damage that it is going to cause in the long-term would be much more significant.”
“We need to maximise resources; Cape Town has taught us that lesson and we have delayed the process far too long.
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