A raft of restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19 will remain in force for a further 30 days. Mama Lucy Hospital in the densely populated Eastlands has been designated as a Covid-19 isolation facility. While we must ramp up hospital bed isolation capacity, we must not learn from the experience of Europe, the United States of America and Brazil. At peak infection, hospitals become a vortex of Covid-19 transmission, putting at risk an already thin and fragile health workforce. Don’t get me wrong, we must still expect county authorities to deliver at least 300-bed isolation capacity.

Source: The Star June 09, 2020 00:56 UTC