ANA reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) has welcomed the stricter level 4 restrictions announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday in an effort to contain the runaway spread of Covid-19 across the country.

Denosa said it was hopeful the measures set to remain in place for a fortnight prior to a review would slow down the pandemic. Spokesperson Sibongiseni Delihlazo said in an interview: “What has been clear though is that all the non-pharmaceutical interventions which were put in place and the policing thereof have proven not to be effective. Stricter restrictions, it would appear, would be the only option to the problem at hand. We do hope that there will be positive outcomes from this intervention – as tight as it is. We know how, economically, it is straining many households but in a case like we are in, where non-pharmaceutical interventions have not worked we believe that this was the only way to go.” However, the union said it was disappointed by the snail’s pace of the government’s national vaccination programme against Covid-19. “We would have hoped that the vaccination programme in the country would have been ramped up to at least improve the immunity of the community. The slow pace thereof has been very disappointing and that leaves us with one option and that is to keep on adjusting the alert levels in the country,” Delihlazo stated.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard on page 5 of The Star of 29 June 2021

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