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A third wave is coming, and South Africa needs to prepare.  Drawing on the experience of responding to the second COVID-19 wave in seven hospitals in three provinces, and also in Lesotho, MSF shares reflections on the importance of hospital preparedness for the next wave. The second COVID-19 wave hit South Africa hard. Between October 2020 and February 2021, 17% more people were infected than in the first 8 months of the epidemic, and more people died, 26,000 in total.   The rapid spread of the new dominant variant 501Y.V2, which differs from the original by up to twenty mutations and is...

What will it take for SA’s health system to save lives in Covid-19’s second wave? By Opinion By Dr Lesedi Motstatsi and Claire Waterhouse South Africa survived a harrowing first wave of Covid-19 with lower deaths than anticipated. With overall population adherence to safety regulations despite their clear economic impact, the country had reason to breathe a small sigh of relief when case loads started dropping. A national effort largely prevented the worst from happening and most analyses seemed to suggest there was some time to prepare before the inevitable second wave hit, just as...