Covid-19 fights must save lives as well as livelihoods via TheCitizen_News
For many, the COVID-19 crisis has shown how fragile our civilisation is. AFP/Alberto PIZZOLI
The coronavirus debate in South Africa should not be allowed to degenerate into “lives versus the economy, but lives versus lives”. Despite reeling from close to 400,000 reported Covid-19 cases and over 4,000 deaths, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers have announced the reopening of the economy, with 16 states expected to remove lockdown prohibitions as they see fit.
“While adhering to a strict social distancing and hygiene, European countries never closed production. More countries are likely to follow the German trend because opening up the economy is the route to take.
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