Not time yet to celebrate but we are making progress against Covid-19 scourge
Every cloud has a silver lining, optimists say, but silver lining or not, a cloud remains a cloud. And the Covid-19 cloud hanging over SA and the rest of the world is a heavy one, and will remain until the search for the elusive vaccine produces results. Even New Zealand, which has set a global standard for fighting Covid-19, learnt this week of the risk of premature celebrations. After a full 102 days without a case of community transmission, 17 cases were reported in its largest city, Auckland, 13 of them linked to a single family. The upsurge raised the prospect of an extended lockdown in the city to rein in the virus...
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