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Screen test: The number of tests done is irrelevant if the results aren’t being processed quickly enough and no one really knows how prepared they are until the wave hits, specialists have said. (Marco Longari/AFP)
BEDS

SA accelerating towards virus peak without capacity, experts warn

Despite efforts to prepare for the worst, it is ‘very unlikely’ that hospitals will be able to cope with the onslaught of Covid-19 cases

  • M&G Data Desk
  • Sarah Smit
  • Chris Gilili
10 min read
As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses. (Graphic: John McCann)
ALCOHOL ABUSE

Call in the medics: Beds don’t cure people

As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses

  • M&G Data Desk
5 min read