President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country’s healthcare system is under pressure with a shortage of 12 000 healthcare workers as the coronavirus continues to spread. Covid19inSA coronavirusPandemic cyrilramaphosa
Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Sunday night. He said the nation would remain on level 3 of the risk-adjusted lockdown, but this would continue under tighter regulations. Ramaphosa said the national lockdown introduced in March had helped gather much-needed resources to help boost the country’s healthcare system. It had also enabled the gathering of hospital bed capacity with 37 000 beds available for use and the addition of 1 700 ventilators.
But the president has also highlighted the challenges being faced by the healthcare system with a shortage of 12,000 healthcare workers which included nurses and doctors. Ramaphosa said the country’s death percentage was still low at 1,5% and he said this was owed to the work being done by healthcare professionals.
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