We've also hit 40s in testing. Had we been able to process 5x as many tests as we do now, we would be up there with Brazil when it comes to new daily cases.
Was going to say the exact same thing..shocking.
Neither does the WC update deaths daily, there was a statement by Alan Winde that the death stats can be two days behind.
If they were doing this testing during the hard lockdown as well. I mean back then it was 3000 to maybe 7000 tests a day.
If they were doing this testing (targeted) during the hard lockdown, we might have actually turned it into something useful.
Maybe they're like daily diaries as used in industry for construction work. The supervisor or site manager would normally compile them for sign off by a client rep. It's usually a sign off saying yes the contract has this many people on site this day and they worked the hours claimed. The final invoice isn't handwritten however, they just consolidate the dailies into a proper invoice.
You mean like a physical paper?
That could work but not sure how they'd enforce it. The CC won't allow it partly because it'll be political suicide
Odd because even at level 5 some people were still allowed to work, so is this guy coming up with something new?
That's not how it works sigh. How does anyone think that's how it works... You can't just turn off the economy for 2 weeks and then back on.
So why weren't they ready before hand??? I mean we had a 5 week hard lockdown to build this up. Oh wait did you accidentally lockdown things needed to get it ready???Coronavirus: Gauteng's private hospitals under pressure but not full - hospital groups | News24
As a surge in Covid-19 cases hits Gauteng, South Africa's biggest private hospital groups say they have not reached capacity in the province, despite being under immense pressure.www.news24.com
According to the provincial command council:
- Additional beds are being created in public hospitals in the province.
- A total of 1 575 beds, which will include 900 intensive care unit beds, are expected to be ready by the end of July.
- As of 1 July, a total of 3 091 people who tested positive were admitted to hospitals in Gauteng.
- 151 patients were being ventilated as of 1 July, and 493 were on oxygen in either ICU or high care units.
- A total of 2 447 patients were in general wards, of which 1 197 were on oxygen.
- As of 1 July, a total of 4 455 patients have been admitted to hospital for Covid-19, while 1 133 patients have since been discharged.
The difference is that WC knows what the reporting issues and delays are. GP has no clue what the issues and delay are. Weeks go past before data is properly reported. 9 - 10 days before test results filter through the system.
That's why it is not going to happen. You shut down Gauteng, you may as well close the whole country. They might close schools again and limit alcohol sales, but shutting down the economy is a no go. Even the anc know that.
From the same article. If hospitals are buckling under pressure now, we might have something else coming.
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