JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that all indications were that South Africa had reached the peak of COVID-19 infections, as he announced a sweeping removal of lockdown restrictions on the economy. In a televised address, R...
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on low birthweight in Soweto, South Africadoi:10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i10.746Drysdale, R. E.Slemming, W.Momberg, D.Said-Mohamad, R.Richter, L. M.SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
Employing the literature review, the paper elaborates on the nature of gender-based violence reported in South Africa and further highlights how gender-based violence has increased during the lockdown period. In this paper, I use the social dominance theory to understand the escalation of gender-...
The objective of this study was to compare the effect of the Covid-19 lockdown and the alcohol restriction on the number of cases that presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with the same time period two years prior. The method used was a retrospective review of medical records, directl...
South AfricaThe COVID-19 lockdown has had a marked effect on citizen science projects, such as the Southern African Bird Atlas Project, SABAP2. With their mobility severely constrained, most citizen scientists in South Africa were not able to submit full protocol lists during the Alert Level ...
Secondly, before thinking about stringent lockdowns, first check the economic health of your population. Make sure that the basic capacities are in place, for them to be able to cope during the period of lockdown, he says. "For a country with high levels of inequality like South Africa, ...
Moreover, insiders estimate that at least 75,000 tourism and hospitality jobs were lost in 2020 in the Western Cape, due to travel bans and lockdowns. However, the fourth domestic ban ended in July 2021, while international travel was permitted for a short period between October and November...
When South Africa entered a hard lockdown on 27 March, the government was globally recognized for taking tough steps to "flatten the curve" and keep COVID-19 infections low. Four months on, our research, using data from a broader national survey, shows l
China locked down the northern city of Xi'an—home to the world-famous Terracotta Warriors—to stamp out a cluster of several hundred cases. "I think it is necessary to have the lockdown," a Xi'an resident, who wanted to be identified only as Yuan, told AFP. ...
many countries have functionally operated public transportation systems with austere instructions for both passengers and transport workers during the lockdown as well as during the post-lockdown period. These guidelines include disinfection and sanitation, workforce monitoring and altering, access controls ...