South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday said his government would gradually start easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions from May 1. He said the government had developed an approach that determined the measures that should be in place based on the direction of the pandemic in the country. As part of this approach, there will be … Read more
Ongoing ‘hard lockdown’ will likely cause far greater suffering in the short and long term than the pandemic itself. As medical doctors who are most at risk, we do not request the easing of the lockdown lightly. But we see far greater harm to our healthcare system and our economy by further delaying the inevitable spread of the virus.
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