A single province in South Africa is preparing more than 1.5 million graves amid warnings the coronavirus pandemic is reaching “full speed'' in Africa.
A single province in South Africa is preparing more than 1.5 million graves amid warnings the coronavirus pandemic is reaching “full speed'' in Africa.
South Africa has the most confirmed cases with more than 224,000, and for the first time Gauteng province — home to Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria — has the country’s most cases with more than 75,000, or 33 per cent.Provincial official Bandile Masuku, a medical doctor, startled South Africans when he told reporters on Wednesday that Gauteng is preparing more than 1.5 million graves.
“We’ve crossed a critical number here,” he said of the half-million milestone. “Our pandemic is getting full speed.”He also called for more testing, as just 5.7 million tests for the new virus had been conducted across the continent of 1.3 billion people.
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