South Africa's Multiple Epidemics

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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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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0:40.4	Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 170 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.
0:48.2	Today's main story, South Africa was already dealing with other infectious disease outbreaks,
1:00.6	like HIV, when COVID came along. The country went into strict lockdown to try to keep the outbreak from overwhelming its already shaky health system.
1:06.1	But first, here's what happened in virus news today. The pandemic is speeding up the demise of a controversial industry in the Netherlands.
1:17.5	The Dutch government is forcing all mink farms to close by March of next year,
1:23.8	according to a report from news agency, ANP.
1:28.8	Infected minks were found on 42 farms, triggering mass cullings of the furry mammals that are bred for their soft pelts.
1:38.5	Before the outbreak, the mink industry in the Netherlands had been scheduled to close in 2024 on animal welfare grounds.
1:48.9	Peru has set another grim record by reporting the highest number of deaths per capita from the coronavirus.
1:56.7	With 28,277 confirmed deaths from COVID-19, or just over 8,277 confirmed deaths from COVID-19, or just over 86 for every 100,000 inhabitants,
2:08.7	Peru overtook Belgium as the nation where the virus has been deadliest.
2:14.3	That's according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the IMF, and Bloomberg.
2:21.4	Peru has one of the world's worst outbreaks by other measures, too.
2:27.2	Over the past seven days, no country in the world has posted more cases.
2:34.2	The outbreak has been so bad that as much as a quarter of the 12 million people currently
2:39.9	living in Lima may have already had the virus, according to a government study published
2:46.1	last month. Officials warned the country's real death toll may be close to double the official figure.
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