Doctors call for a hard lockdown
THE new strain of the Covid-19 virus, termed 501.V2 Variant, is spreading rapidly with younger people also testing positive.
General practitioners in KwaZulu-Natal who the POST spoke to said they were inundated with patients who had symptoms of the virus. Some of those who have tested positive in recent days had also tested positive earlier this year.
Dr Lazarus Jakes, of Chatsworth, said: “The second wave is undoubtedly worse. I have patients who tested positive in March and recovered that are testing positive again. It’s the same symptoms, but the virus is transferred faster. Before the kids were safe, but now more children are testing positive. My youngest patient was a 6-month-old, whose parents had also tested positive.
“I am getting positive results every day at my practice. My friends and colleagues at hospitals and private facilities have told me that they are
