Nearly 80% of the surgical masks and 100% of the N95 masks required to meet the weekly demand for healthcare workers ahead of the expected surge in coronavirus cases have been secured, the Solidarity Fund said on Friday.
“The national lockdown was always intended to flatten the curve and to buy time for South Africa to better prepare our health services for increased numbers of Covid-19 cases. Thus far, R2.6 billion have been pledged to the fund – established by President Cyril Ramaphosa to support the national health response, contribute to humanitarian relief efforts and mobilise South Africans to drive a united response to the coronavirus outbreak in South Africa – of which R2 billion has already been received.
Led by the Department of Trade and Industry and managed by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory , the project aims to manufacture 10,000 of these ventilators by July, coinciding with the expected peak in coronavirus infections.
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