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Aug 28, 2020 11 min

South Africa's Multiple Epidemics

from Prognosis: Misconception Hosted by Bloomberg

The coronavirus has swept through South Africa. But the country was already carrying a heavy burden of chronic and infectious diseases. Its healthcare system is fragile. Johannesburg-based reporter Janice Kew explains what happened when the country went into a strict lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 from overwhelming its medical facilities.

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