With the third wave of Covid-19 not going as expected – due to numbers continuously rising and falling – the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) has raised concerns over the struggle to lower this high number of infections.
The BER stated that they believe the best solution for the country would be to put provinces with high numbers of newly recorded infections into a “harder version” of lockdown while allowing the rest of the country to continue living under eased restrictions.
The BER stated that: “New cases are still rising, largely driven by KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. The test-positivity rate remains high, too. As such, government announced that SA would remain at Level 3 of the national lockdown for the next two weeks. With differing trajectories between provinces likely to remain a feature, it might be more sensible to start looking at different lockdown regulations between provinces/regions. While this comes with practical implementation challenges, this would boost activity in areas with relatively low(er) case numbers.”
What do you think about putting certain provinces under a hard lockdown?
Sources: MSN
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