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Is it too late to make Nelson Mandela Bay a COVID-19 Free Area?

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Some serious immediate thought needs to be done to plan for what happens after this pandemic

At present no-one is willing to put a definitive time scale on the cessation of infections from Coronavirus.

Tourism is taking a heavy beating, airlines are literally winding down, large manufacturers are closing production.

The next wave of economic growth will come from businesses, countries, provinces, metropolitan areas, cities and towns that remain COVID-19 free and are able to ramp up production and offer tourists safe haven in quick time.

Once this pandemic is downgraded imagine being able to travel as a tourist to an area that remained free of COVID-19?

That area will get a much needed and timely boost to economic recovery.

The slate will be ‘wiped clean’ and we will be able to compete on an ‘equal footing’ with more favourable areas that would have been hit harder by the Novel Coronavirus.

HOW can we do that?

NOW is the time to declare our city of Port Elizabeth in complete lock down.

IF we have the resources then we could extend that to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole or even the Eastern Cape Province.

Today, Ngok, Nou people!

Our country needs pockets of COVID-19 free areas in order to survive and thrive once this pandemic is over.

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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.