SA’s State of Disaster will probably be lifted late next month, one can confidently predict, now that the amended lockdown regulations which pick up the slack are ready.
Namibia’s relaxation of rules comes as South Africa’s government has yet again extended the state of disaster, meaning it has been in place for two years.
Government has decided to take a more pragmatic approach while keeping an eye on severe Covid-19 and whether or not health systems are imminently under threat.
For the rational mind, however, the conclusions are obvious. History tells us Covid-19 would evolve into a more transmissible but far less dangerous infection.
One of SA’s leading experts on Covid-19, Professor Shabir Madhi shares his views on how bad the situation is – and what needs to be done to rectify it.
