Covid-19: Government to blame for third wave of infections
28 June 2021
The ANC government must accept full responsibility for the latest wave of Covid-19 infections and for the fact that the health care system is still not ready for the pandemic even though it has had a year to prepare.
The aim of the first restrictions that were imposed early last year was to allow the health care system time to prepare and erect field hospitals.
Field hospitals that cost millions of rand to erect were not fully utilised during the first and second waves of infections and have since fallen into disuse or have been dismantled. But now in this current time of crisis where there is a serious shortage of beds and need for emergency care, they are needed the most.
The government must specifically be held responsible for the fact that very few South Africans have been vaccinated and the feeble hope that herd immunity will be achieved any time soon. The initial target was a vaccination rate of 70% by the end of this year, but it is completely unattainable seeing as thus far, less than 4% of the population has been vaccinated.