South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 2

[MiW]

‘It is dirty, nauseating’: Doctors work under terrible circumstances | Citypress

The Eastern Cape healthcare system may buckle under current unsterile and strenuous conditions that threaten its operations.

www.news24.com

Floors covered in human waste, bags full of medical waste in the corridors, beds without sheets and naked patients covered in sheets being wheeled into theatres.

 

[Lupus]

‘It is dirty, nauseating’: Doctors work under terrible circumstances | Citypress

The Eastern Cape healthcare system may buckle under current unsterile and strenuous conditions that threaten its operations.

www.news24.com

26 years and nothing, what was expected after 5 weeks??

 

[MiW]

26 years and nothing, what was expected after 5 weeks??

A significant number of beds will be added at a field hospital in Port Elizabeth next week, after the German government and Volkswagen donated more than R100 million to convert the company’s Neave plant into a hospital. The first 1 485 beds, including 250 beds for patients who need oxygen, will be ready by Tuesday. The Eastern Cape government will manage the facility.

 

[surface]

They just find 8000 health workers ?

My guess - 1 nurse, 1 specialty nurse, 8 ward clerks and 7990 orderlies, aka unemployed people who can use a broom and push a trolley.

Well, that 1 nurse & other speciality nurse were re-imported from Perth and they would basically do the work of 20000 people between 2 of them. 7998 is just money like social grants.

 

[SNLV30]

Level 3: These are the lockdown laws that could change next week

From Wednesday, a number of Level 3 lockdown restrictions are likely to be eased by the government - here's what will be up for discussion.

www.thesouthafrican.com

Level 3 regulations – what is likely to change this week?
Mthembu has also noted the elements which are up further discussion on Wednesday. Level 3 is expected to last a little longer than the previous stages of lockdown, but in a bid to continue unlocking the economy, the government is looking at possible ways to open up several industries while keeping people safe. There may even be some light relief for smokers, too…

• The tobacco ban is up for discussion, according to Mthembu – but reiterated there will be no return for the alcohol ban.
• Sit-in options at restaurants are, quite literally, on the table.
• The opening of hotels and B&Bs is under consideration for the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC)
• The issue of bringing in ‘tighter rules’ for hot-spots, without knocking them down a level, is on the agenda.
• The scientists advising the government will also update officials about how relaxed regulations have impacted health services

 

[Lupus]

Level 3: These are the lockdown laws that could change next week

From Wednesday, a number of Level 3 lockdown restrictions are likely to be eased by the government - here's what will be up for discussion.

www.thesouthafrican.com

Level 3 regulations – what is likely to change this week?
Mthembu has also noted the elements which are up further discussion on Wednesday. Level 3 is expected to last a little longer than the previous stages of lockdown, but in a bid to continue unlocking the economy, the government is looking at possible ways to open up several industries while keeping people safe. There may even be some light relief for smokers, too…

• The tobacco ban is up for discussion, according to Mthembu – but reiterated there will be no return for the alcohol ban.
• Sit-in options at restaurants are, quite literally, on the table.
• The opening of hotels and B&Bs is under consideration for the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC)
• The issue of bringing in ‘tighter rules’ for hot-spots, without knocking them down a level, is on the agenda.
• The scientists advising the government will also update officials about how relaxed regulations have impacted health services

Restaurants, but still no socialising with friends.

 

[politallycorrect]

Restaurants, but still no socialising with friends.

well, do you have a permit to talk? You can apply with the Ministry of Speech and Thought

 

[HunterNW]

Restaurants, but still no socialising with friends.

Well ..... I can't tell my friends not to stand around my fire. That's just wrong.

 

[nivek]

‘It is dirty, nauseating’: Doctors work under terrible circumstances | Citypress

The Eastern Cape healthcare system may buckle under current unsterile and strenuous conditions that threaten its operations.

www.news24.com

Maybe we can import some Cuban cleaners

 

[thestaggy]

I see our charming and erudite Minister of Social Development has stated that she had no idea of the impact that lockdown would have on poor people....

Minister Zulu admits she never expected COVID-19's crippling impact on poor

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said that COVID-19 had exposed the deeper challenge the country was still facing to take better care of the poor.

ewn.co.za

Seriously? What the **** did you think would happen? Were you so invested in the idea that the majority of poor people are excluded from the economy that killing the economy would have no effect on them?

It doesn't surprise me. They - ANC - literally have no clue as to how a country and economy functions.

What scares me even more is how they plan to ''fix'' it.

 

[Lupus]

Well ..... I can't tell my friends not to stand around my fire. That's just wrong.

Bwahaha

 

[MiW]

Probably fairly correct

https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/predicted-covid-19-fatality-rates-based-age-sex-comorbidities-and-health-system-capacity.pdf

 

[MiW]

Robbers dressed in PPE gear steal disabled man's crutches and walker during home invasion

The robbers were dressed in white coats, had shields over their faces, masks and gloves when they knocked on a home in Effingham at the weekend

www.iol.co.za

They took my microwave and most of my groceries from the cupboard, and meat from the freezer

The amount of hunger -> crime coming to SA , will be enormous... even by our standards.

 

[Madhawk]

How about opening up gyms and hairdressers too. We need to start looking good again.

Restaurants, but still no socialising with friends.

No mention of gyms and hairdressers either.
I guess Covid-19 doesn't visit restaurants.

 

[Polymathic]

 

[Gandalf the Gray]

Some light reading.... I wonder if the respondents were the same 2000 that said the ban on smoking must stay...

Lockdown: Trust in Ramaphosa down by almost 10%, while 63% say no to booze sales - survey | News24

From trust in government and money problems to food security and the sale of booze and tobacco - these are South Africans' sentiments according to a weekly survey.

www.news24.com

 

[MiW]

 

[Geoff.D]

Some light reading.... I wonder if the respondents were the same 2000 that said the ban on smoking must stay...

Lockdown: Trust in Ramaphosa down by almost 10%, while 63% say no to booze sales - survey | News24

From trust in government and money problems to food security and the sale of booze and tobacco - these are South Africans' sentiments according to a weekly survey.

www.news24.com

Pretty damning report!

 

[Geoff.D]

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Cases in our subdistrict are busy rocketing! And the recovery rate is falling!

 

[MiW]

Local engineering firm ready to begin mass-producing ventilators

The company announced the successful completion of the last stage of testing of its in-house-designed Covid-19 pressure ventilator system.

www.iol.co.za