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Afrika Kusini imetangaza masharti mapya yanayolenga kudhibiti ongezeko la maambukizi ya Virusi vya Corona ambapo mikusanyiko yote ya ndani na nje itapigwa marufuku kwa siku 14
Aidha, Rais Cyril Ramaphosa amesema katika siku hizo mauzo ya pombe na safari kuelekea au kutoka maeneo yaliyoathiriwa zaidi na mlipuko pia zimezuiwa, huku Shule zikifungwa mapema
Kwa mujibu wa takwimu za Shirika la Afya (WHO), Taifa hilo limerekodi visa 1,928,897 na waliopona ni 1,709,999 huku waliofariki dunia wakiwa 59,900
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Authorities in South Africa have imposed new restrictions in a last ditch attempt to stem a sharp rise in Covid-19 that is ravaging the country’s economic heartland.
The wave of infections has been driven by the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant, weak countermeasures and public fatigue with existing restrictions.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said all gatherings, indoors and outdoors, would be banned for 14 days, along with the sale of alcohol, dining in restaurants and travel to or from the worst-hit areas of the country. An extended curfew would also be imposed, and schools shut early for holidays.
“We have overcome two decisive waves but now we have a new hill to climb, a great challenge, a massive resurgence of infections … a devastating wave,” Ramaphosa said, speaking on national television on Sunday night.
South Africa’s rising cases are part of a resurgence across Africa, with a peak expected to exceed that of earlier waves as the continent’s 54 countries struggle to vaccinate even a small percentage of their populations.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has repeatedly appealed for vaccines for Africa, saying a fast-surging Covid third wave is outpacing efforts to protect populations, “leaving more and more dangerously exposed”.
“The third wave is picking up speed, spreading faster, hitting harder. This is incredibly worrying. With rapidly rising case numbers and increasing reports of serious illness, the latest surge threatens to be Africa’s worst yet,” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said last week.
African countries have recorded 5.4m cases and almost 145,000 deaths, though unreliable data means the true numbers are thought to be much higher.
In South Africa’s Gauteng province, the most populous part of the country, Covid patients are waiting for hours, even days, on stretchers in A&E wards before being found a bed, officials said.
Unlike past waves, this time the hospital system was not coping, said Dr Angelique Coetzee, the chair of the South African Medical Association.
Calling on citizens to comply with social distancing measures, Ramaphosa underlined the increased transmission of the Delta variant and admitted that health systems were “buckling under the strain”.
Repeated promises have been made to accelerate the faltering vaccination campaign in South Africa, but only 2.5m have been delivered to a population of 60 million. Alhough the increase in cases in Gauteng has exceeded a severe second wave six months ago, it has not yet reached its peak, experts believe.
The rise in infections during the southern hemisphere winter was widely predicted, leading to angry criticism of provincial and national officials. In South Africa, outrage has been fuelled by a series of corruption scandals. The health minister has been suspended pending an investigation into graft allegations.
The official death toll from Covid-19 in South Africa is 60,000, though excess mortality statistics suggest nearer 170,000 may have died from the disease since May last year.
Source: The Guardian
Aidha, Rais Cyril Ramaphosa amesema katika siku hizo mauzo ya pombe na safari kuelekea au kutoka maeneo yaliyoathiriwa zaidi na mlipuko pia zimezuiwa, huku Shule zikifungwa mapema
Kwa mujibu wa takwimu za Shirika la Afya (WHO), Taifa hilo limerekodi visa 1,928,897 na waliopona ni 1,709,999 huku waliofariki dunia wakiwa 59,900
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Authorities in South Africa have imposed new restrictions in a last ditch attempt to stem a sharp rise in Covid-19 that is ravaging the country’s economic heartland.
The wave of infections has been driven by the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant, weak countermeasures and public fatigue with existing restrictions.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said all gatherings, indoors and outdoors, would be banned for 14 days, along with the sale of alcohol, dining in restaurants and travel to or from the worst-hit areas of the country. An extended curfew would also be imposed, and schools shut early for holidays.
“We have overcome two decisive waves but now we have a new hill to climb, a great challenge, a massive resurgence of infections … a devastating wave,” Ramaphosa said, speaking on national television on Sunday night.
South Africa’s rising cases are part of a resurgence across Africa, with a peak expected to exceed that of earlier waves as the continent’s 54 countries struggle to vaccinate even a small percentage of their populations.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has repeatedly appealed for vaccines for Africa, saying a fast-surging Covid third wave is outpacing efforts to protect populations, “leaving more and more dangerously exposed”.
“The third wave is picking up speed, spreading faster, hitting harder. This is incredibly worrying. With rapidly rising case numbers and increasing reports of serious illness, the latest surge threatens to be Africa’s worst yet,” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said last week.
African countries have recorded 5.4m cases and almost 145,000 deaths, though unreliable data means the true numbers are thought to be much higher.
In South Africa’s Gauteng province, the most populous part of the country, Covid patients are waiting for hours, even days, on stretchers in A&E wards before being found a bed, officials said.
Unlike past waves, this time the hospital system was not coping, said Dr Angelique Coetzee, the chair of the South African Medical Association.
Calling on citizens to comply with social distancing measures, Ramaphosa underlined the increased transmission of the Delta variant and admitted that health systems were “buckling under the strain”.
Repeated promises have been made to accelerate the faltering vaccination campaign in South Africa, but only 2.5m have been delivered to a population of 60 million. Alhough the increase in cases in Gauteng has exceeded a severe second wave six months ago, it has not yet reached its peak, experts believe.
The rise in infections during the southern hemisphere winter was widely predicted, leading to angry criticism of provincial and national officials. In South Africa, outrage has been fuelled by a series of corruption scandals. The health minister has been suspended pending an investigation into graft allegations.
The official death toll from Covid-19 in South Africa is 60,000, though excess mortality statistics suggest nearer 170,000 may have died from the disease since May last year.
Source: The Guardian
