South African Covid-19 News and Discussions

[ShaunSA]

The lockdown was never intended to prevent the spread of the virus, just to give the health services time to prepare for when it does.

They've had 5 weeks.

Yeah that's worked really well

The EC is now 200% ready

 

[dualmeister]

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[ShaunSA]

^ Hasn't that been bust as fake news?

 

[Pegasus]

What is the real infection rate?

Surely "the lockdown" isn't the reason why our infection rate is low?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1253341261605396481

 

[Steamy Tom]

^ Hasn't that been bust as fake news?

it has, they published a retraction even

 

[daveza]

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Fake.

 

[Unhappy438]

^ Hasn't that been bust as fake news?

SABC news countdown has been set for 7pm as well. It will probably be delayed anyway.

 

[daveza]

News 24 Live doesn't even have a mention of it.

 

[Jabulani22]

Not sure if youtube link is working but it shows 8.8k waiting and 1.5 mins till bc

 

[Sinbad]

There has been an increase of 318 cases and 10 more people have died as result of the disease.

 

[dualmeister]

SABC News says in an hour i.e. 8 pm

 

[ShaunSA]

Still nothing on News24 apart from the latest stats

 

[dualmeister]

Fake.

Cannot keep up anymore

 

[PeterPan420]

There has been an increase of 318 cases and 10 more people have died as result of the disease.

200 from Western Cape

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1253362593751863298

 

[Brian_G]

SABC News now thinks it may be at 20:00.

 

[daveza]

SABC News says in an hour

Pathetic. How tf can they not confirm something like this even an hour before it's supposed to happen.

Is there not one single person with the smallest clue in our govt ?

 

[Paulsie]

Another 318 new cases today...

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but consider the following:
- the highest numbers just before lockdown
- lowest numbers immediately after lockdown
- numbers keep low but start to increase shortly before lockdown is extended
- highest numbers ever just before presidential address re what to do next...

Am I seeing something??

 

[dualmeister]

Pathetic. How tf can they not confirm something like this even an hour before it's supposed to happen.

Is there not one single person with the smallest clue in our govt ?

He's in a meeting with "stake holders" Guess when meeting ends.

 

[PeterPan420]

Another 318 new cases today...

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but consider the following:
- the highest numbers just before lockdown
- lowest numbers immediately after lockdown
- numbers keep low but start to increase shortly before lockdown is extended
- highest numbers ever just before presidential address re what to do next...

Am I seeing something??

The tests have increased to 9796 today that contributed

 

[TheChamp]

Looks like we have a big problem in EC.