Covid-19 screening scuppered by cellphone mess
Nearly 10,000 cellphones gathered dust in Limpopo instead of being used for household screening, but one source says all's well that ends well — they were used instead for vaccine registration
30 January 2022 - 00:00
More than 9,000 cellphones meant to assist health workers with household Covid screening gathered dust at the health department in Limpopo for almost a year, and were only distributed after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) intervened...
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