Sean Campbell, originally from Co Tyrone, lives in Cape Town. South Africa has been battling a more contagious variant of coronavirus that has now been detected in Europe, Asia and the Americas, including Ireland. I watched incredulous as newsreels from home in Ireland showed people scrambling for toilet paper and canned food. South Africa is still a mix of developed and developing country, with health outcomes that reflect the latter. On the whole, despite some arbitrary rules and significant economic damage, I do think South Africa is making a decent fist of things.

Source: The Irish Times March 11, 2021 06:00 UTC