05 March 2021 1 Min Read
ONE YEAR OF COVID-19: IN PICS | A look at Covid-19 through the lenses of our photographers
As the world comes to grips with the effects of Covid-19, SA has had its own unique experience of the pandemic exactly a year since the first case
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As the world comes to grips with the effects of Covid-19, SA has had its own unique experience of the pandemic.
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Thus far, more than 1.5 million South Africans have been infected, and over 50,000 have succumbed to Covid-19 related illnesses.
As the country settles in on the other side of the second wave, we commemorate a year since a coronavirus case was first recorded in SA.
Our photographers captured what words might have failed to describe about the pandemic.
A man sprays disinfectant as he sanitises the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgravia, Athlone, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Cape Town.
Image: ESA ALEXANDER
Image: ESA ALEXANDER
Members of the health services disinfect the Madala hostel in Alexandra, Johannesburg, as the government tries to control the outbreak of Covid-19.
Image: Alon Skuy
Image: Alon Skuy
A policeman threatens a man in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, during the crackdown on people infringing the lockdown regulations.
Image: Alaister Russell
Image: Alaister Russell
Members of the SANDF patrol the streets of Alexandra, Johannesburg, on the first day of the initial national 21-day shutdown.
Image: Alaister Russell
Image: Alaister Russell
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