South African Health Workers Sound Alarm Bells As COVID-19 Spirals
Undertakers close the lid of a coffin during the funeral proceedings for a COVID-19 coronavirus victim at a Mosque in Cape Town, on June 16, 2020. – Most of South Africa’s infections — around two-thirds — are found in the Western Cape province, a popular tourist destination home to the coastal city of Cape Town. WHO said on June 11, 2020 that the pandemic was accelerating on the continent and that 10 of the 54 countries on the continent are currently driving the numbers. MARCO LONGARI / AFP.
Coronavirus is pushing already-ailing hospitals in one of South Africa’s poorest provinces to the brink. South Africa imposed strict confinement measures and banned the sale of alcohol in March to buy time for healthcare facilities to gear up for the pandemic. “This is a global pandemic and I have not heard of any country where after each and every positive case, health workers demand that the hospitals should close down,” he told AFP.
“Every time I try to transfer a patient to ICU at our referring hospital they tell me they are full,” she said. This week, a nurse who contracted COVID-19 sents an open letter complaining to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
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