(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) South Africa: Expanding the medical space of national health institutions to respond to the peak of the epidemic
Chinanews.com, Johannesburg, January 11 (Reporter Wang Xi) The South African Ministry of Health revealed on the 11th that in response to the current second wave of new crown pneumonia epidemic peaks caused by the pressure of medical treatment, after emergency deployment, public and private health institutions in South Africa are expanding the medical space , To deal with more patients with new coronary pneumonia.
Since December last year, South Africa has ushered in the second wave of COVID-19 transmission peak.
With the rapid increase in confirmed and dead cases, the capacity of medical institutions across South Africa has reached saturation and is now basically overwhelmed.
Some hospitals have even erected tents in the parking lot recently to avoid shutting out patients who need medical treatment.
Especially as individual provinces in South Africa are about to usher in the peak of the epidemic, the outside world has concerns about the medical space of South African health institutions.
In this regard, South Africa’s Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Pire, confirmed on the 11th that the South African government is working hard to increase the capacity of hospital beds in health institutions across the country, especially private health institutions, which are currently under greater pressure for medical visits than public health institutions. The South African government hopes to deal with the current serious epidemic by expanding the space for medical treatment.
Earlier this month, South Africa’s Minister of Health Mukez announced that South Africa will receive 1.5 million new crown pneumonia vaccines this month and next.
By then, a total of 1.25 million medical workers across South Africa will be the first batch of vaccinations.
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