'We are planning for the worst while hoping for the best. It is important to remain focused and courageous,' the health minister said.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize outside the entrance to The Ranch Resort where the repatriated South Africans from Wuhan have been quarantined, 13 March 2020, Polokwane. Picture: Jacques Nelles
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says 87,000 beds are available in public health institutions to accommodate Covid-19 patients. “It is forward planning and work is being done. It was anticipated that by 2 April, we could be around 4,000 and 6,000 [number of people who tested positive]. If there was no lockdown, the figure could have gone up to 7,000. It is very early days and there is a lockdown.”“The numbers we are seeing, we must not expect them to come down immediately. We will look at the scientific models, at the moment we are using basic observations as we see the situation.
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