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[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Eastern Cape braces for toughest month in August, cases expected to double in six weeks | News24

Premier Oscar Mabuyane has warned the Eastern Cape will be bracing for their toughest month in August in the fight against Covid-19 as cases of infections are expected to double.

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Are they all reading from the same hymn sheet? That old chestnut - 'eye of the storm' (incorrect usage) - used again.

Premier Oscar Mabuyane has warned the Eastern Cape will be bracing for their toughest month in August in the fight against Covid-19 as cases of infections are expected to double.

Mabuyane made the announcement during a coronavirus command council briefing in Bhisho on Tuesday.

"Our forecast is that August is the eye of the Covid-19 storm. All of us must buckle up because we are about to have tough times of our lifetime.

"We expect a surge in infections to almost double over the next six weeks.

"This will put our already strained health systems under more pressure, particularly on the availability of critical care beds.

"We expect to be out of the eye of the storm in September, with a decline in numbers of new cases and lower rates of new infections.

"October is a month where we expect to see stabilisation in daily increases and this will offer some relief to our pressured health systems."

 

[wbot]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1287449587452608512

 

[KantSnyer]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1287449587452608512

Good mourning!

 

[ToxicBunny]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1287449587452608512

Looks like he's trying to hang himself....

 

[wbot]

There's more including a woman proudly showing her big cleavage and then this:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1287340566435508225

 

[Paulsie]

See, the banning of smoking, closing of schools, re-introduction of curfew and opening up taxi industry has worked.

The cases are going down and we are yet again flattening the curve.

Pssst.... just don't look at the number of tests...

 

[Grant]

 

[Temujin]

Rules for me but not for thee

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1288178271918657536

 

[The_Mowgs]

Rules for me but not for thee

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1288178271918657536

Why did that trans looking fikile not take a HEPA filter with? I honestly don't care about any sort of lockdown sht anymore. I wear my mask and I keep my distance for the safety of my family and myself, fuk the rest.

 

[R13...]

I wear my mask and I keep my distance for the safety of my family and myself, fuk the rest.

If everyone did as you do then we'd be home free with cases having never exceeded 5000

 

[dualmeister]

See, the banning of smoking, closing of schools, re-introduction of curfew and opening up taxi industry has worked.

The cases are going down and we are yet again flattening the curve.

Pssst.... just don't look at the number of tests...

We will be on Level 1 soon.

 

[nivek]

There's more including a woman proudly showing her big cleavage and then this:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1287340566435508225

Are the EFF sponsored by Truworths now?

 

[Temujin]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1288387424180215809

Wheres the real NDZ?

 

[zoozi]

Cosas marches to private schools to close them but find them empty as they’re on holiday

Cosas says President Cyril Ramaphosa is afraid of private schools and they will therefore close them on his behalf.

www.iol.co.za

"What the schools did was tell the parents not to bring the learners to school because they knew we were going to shut them down."
Yes, that was the reason

 

[Brian_G]

Did I miss anything in the last 3 weeks?

 

[Geoff.D]

Did I miss anything in the last 3 weeks?

Not much. The usual tirades and BS about everything from testing to the calculation of "excess deaths".

 

[TheChamp]

Did I miss anything in the last 3 weeks?

Malum Gweezy, Thulas, Nqakula, Makhura, Job Mokgoro all got Covid and recovered

 

[Brian_G]

Malum Gweezy, Thulas, Nqakula, Makhura, Job Mokgoro all got Covid and recovered

I thought most of us have it? Guess I'm recovered then... *takes another break*

 

[Temujin]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1288347582436126726

We were less than 10
Its exaggerated

 

[Geoff.D]

For all those experts on the subject of infection rates, any explanation as to why the WC's value of Rt has bounced back so quickly? And does the bounce back represent something that needs the WC to take any action?