The impact of an approaching coronavirus 'storm' is being felt the Eastern Cape as patients overwhelm some public hospitals, clinics close as staff test positive and more school children contract the virus.
reported on Friday that the affected hospitals were Dora Nginza, Livingstone and Uitenhage Provincial.
“There is no time to do it. As soon as a porter transports a body out of the room, another patient is brought in,” he said. “The national department of health is working on new regulations to deal with these spontaneous closures of health-care facilities and the decontamination process. We can't afford to close hospitals and clinics,” said Kupelo. reported on Friday that more school children in the province had contracted Covid-19, prompting concerns that the provincial education system would battle to cope as the pandemic spread.
The SA Democratic Teachers Union in the Eastern Cape has called on the education department not to reopen schools in the province where there are concerns over access to water, toilets and proper sanitation for teachers and pupils.
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