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Coronavirus: South Africa in the midst of a COVID-19 ‘storm’ – and it’s likely worse than data suggests – Port Elizabeth in the News

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Coronavirus: South Africa in the midst of a COVID-19 ‘storm’ – and it’s likely worse than data suggests: People needing tests are being turned away in some communities, meaning the true case figure could be much worse than reported.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Lack of oxygen ‘critical situation’ for fight against Covid-19 in Eastern Cape: If the Eastern Cape is to weather the coronavirus storm and save as many lives as possible while the province battles the peak of the pandemic, ambulances will play an even more crucial role and will …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

‘We want to know who killed our mother and aunt’: Losing family members to murder is absolutely devastating, but not knowing who killed them makes the pain so much worse, the Ngqungwana family from KwaMagxaki, whose mother and aunt were shot dead …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

How clinic closures disrupt health services in Port Elizabeth: The province’s health department is coming up with plans to balance service delivery and healthcare workers’ fears over Covid-19 infections in their facilities.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Coronavirus in South Africa: Why the low fatality rate may be misleading: Be wary of statistics, even here in South Africa, which has some of the best data collection on the continent. And be even more wary of anecdote-based assumptions. Some observers have rushed to …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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