Tag: covid19

Beleaguered and Confused

~ Fiona ~ 2 Comments

I am not sure where to begin. Today is the one-hundred-and-twenty-somethingth day since South Africa went into a lockdown. Of these, some five weeks were a hard lockdown to retard the community transmission of the novel corona virus that causes COVID-19 disease. More importantly, it was to buy time to prepare the country’s health facilities … Continue reading Beleaguered and Confused

Common sense: Not so common

~ Fiona ~ 4 Comments

On 1 June 2020, South Africa moved to level 3 of the measures in terms of the National State of Disaster to curtail the spread of Covid-19.  There are a few people suggesting that it's the end of lockdown.  When the President made the announcement, he advised that the details would be made clearer in … Continue reading Common sense: Not so common