There is nowhere to run — a Covid-19 breakout can occur anywhere.
Despite case numbers rising daily, head of the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Covid-19 war room Prof Mosa Moshabela said the lockdown has been successful.
“When everyone is at home, we limit social interactions. We were never able to keep all people at home as essential workers were at the forefront. Even when people were staying home, we had outbreaks from hospitals, shops, police and so forth.“As long as there is a degree of social interactions, we will have an increasing number of infections. But had we not done the first hard lockdown we would have had a higher number.
Attempts to identify and avoid areas like shopping centres, taxi ranks or any other potential places where larger groupings of people congregate will not in itself help people outrun the pandemic, Moshabela indicated.“The narrative to tell people to avoid certain places [be it service providers or locations] will stigmatise places, the people who work or live there and the services they provide. It’s not about the places but the way people engage with spaces where there are other people.
“You can avoid this particular shop today, but the one you go to gets an outbreak. You can even pass on the virus at home. People must change their ways of life, not stigmatise places,” he said. Moshabela said it was normal for businesspeople to call for an easing of lockdown regulations due to loss of income, but it was necessary to protect lives.
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