Paramedic Clive Moeleso says during the second wave, a day wouldn't pass without himself or one of his colleagues transporting a suspected Covid-positive patient.
“It affects you when you know you may pass it to someone who is close to you, like someone you care about,” the paramedic says.
As numbers increased rapidly, Aboo Sayed and his team at Saaberie Chishty Burial Society battled to keep up with an increased need for funeral services.
“Personally I feel a lot of anxiety, we don't know when the peak hits, how many the numbers will be,” Sayed says.
These sentiments echo the anxiety and anguish experienced by thousands of front-line workers, battling to protect citizens from the devastating effects of the virus across the country.
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