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Bloomberg News reports that according to the World Health Organisation, SA should prepare itself for a surge in coronavirus cases after days of widespread rioting and looting in the two most populous provinces.
The deadliest and most widespread unrest since the end of apartheid followed the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma on 7 July. The looting sprees have occurred amid the country’s third and most severe wave of Covid-19 infections. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO’s Africa director, said on Thursday: "We are concerned about the last three or so days of rioting in some parts of South Africa, it may exacerbate the situation of a very severe wave. The government has to brace itself, and we in the WHO will be preparing, to see an increase in the cases again." SA’s Covid-19 vaccination program has been disrupted by the unrest, with the government halting inoculations in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng, the country’s commercial hub.
- Read the original of the report in the above regard by William Clowes and Antony Sguazzin at Fin24
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