SOWETAN | We urge the government to listen to the doctors, they are after all experts who should be heeded if they warn of dangers ahead.
During this period, patients who did not need urgent medical attention were advised to stay at home, to allow the healthcare system to attend to people with or suspected of being infected with Covid-19.
This was a move adopted by many other countries after recording positive cases of the virus in their shores. It also earned President Cyril Ramaphosa praise from the World Health Organisation for how well the country had handled the outbreak.Unfortunately, this led to kids missing out on vaccinations, pregnant mothers not going for their monthly antenatal classes and many chronic illness patients not collecting their medication out of fear of getting the coronavirus.
Cabinet ministers and the president went all over the country ensuring all provinces were ready, unveiling multiple facilities that had been equipped and prepared to quarantine and treat those infected by the virus. The lockdown was slightly eased earlier this month to allow a bit of economic activity to resume, and more industries would start operating next month.
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