South Africa is one week into the national lockdown and medical practitioners are pleading with citizens to stay at home. Seven people have died in South Africa due to COVID-19. The number of people confirmed to be infected has climbed to 1,505.
Some health workers at the University of Pretoria have put together this video with a clear message, please stay at home. Coronavirus Hotline Number: 0800 029 999 from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday to Friday. Help protect your loved ones by sharing this official South African government COVID-19 service with your family, friends and community. Send HI to 0600 123 456 on WhatsApp.
The NICD has another Clinician Hotline to improve #COVID19 communication and support for healthcare providers. The Clinician Hotline is 0800 11 1131, operating 24 hrs. The Public Hotline is 0800 029 999 also operating 24hrs.
In other news – Here is why Zenande Mfenyana Plans to take time off Twitter
Zenande Mfenyana Plans To Take Time Off Twitter “A Twitter Sabbatical” And Here’s Why: – Zenande Mfenyana, the Queen actress, has publicised that she plans to take a Twitter” sabbatical ” due to of all the negativity spewed on the platform, indicating that people should be unifying amid the COVID-19 outbreak instead.
We mindlessly scroll through hundreds of posts. We comment, we react, we ‘like’ and we ‘share’. Many of us prefer not to think of the disadvantages of social media, because of how dependent we are on it as a form of entertainment a way to kill boredom. Read more
Source: eNCA
