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As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses. (Graphic: John McCann)
ALCOHOL ABUSE

Call in the medics: Beds don’t cure people

As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses

  • M&G Data Desk
5 min read
Covid-19 could claim up to 40 000 lives in South Africa, according to experts. (Fabrizio Villa /Getty Images).
CORONA LEAD

South Africa could see 40 000 Covid-19 deaths by November

South Africa won’t have enough hospital beds, intensive care or otherwise, to treat Covid-19 patients, official predictions reveal. But there’s still time to act, say experts

  • Laura López González
6 min read