Suliman, RidhwaanMtsweni, Jabu S2022-06-272022-06-272022-06Suliman, R. & Mtsweni, J.S. 2022. Adding up the numbers: COVID-19 in South Africa. <i>South African Journal of Science, 118(5/6).</i> http://hdl.handle.net/10204/124421996-74890038-2353https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/13874http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12442The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has wreaked havoc globally, with over half a billion people infected and millions of lives lost. The pandemic has also interrupted every aspect of our lives, with most governments imposing various interventions and restrictions on people’s movement and behaviour to minimise the impact of the virus and save lives. The debate among scholars on the effectiveness of the interventions and restrictions, particularly in the context of a developing country like South Africa, continues. The data and scientific evidence indicate that non-pharmaceutical interventions, and particularly the implementation and adherence thereto, may have been ineffective in terms of containment in the South African context and had minimal impact in stopping the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.FulltextenSARS-CoV-2Covid-19Coronavirus testingNonpharmaceutical interventionsArticleSuliman, R., & Mtsweni, J. S. (2022). Adding up the numbers: COVID-19 in South Africa. <i>South African Journal of Science, 118(5/6)</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12442Suliman, Ridhwaan, and Jabu S Mtsweni "Adding up the numbers: COVID-19 in South Africa." <i>South African Journal of Science, 118(5/6)</i> (2022) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12442Suliman R, Mtsweni JS. Adding up the numbers: COVID-19 in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 118(5/6). 2022; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12442.TY - Article AU - Suliman, Ridhwaan AU - Mtsweni, Jabu S AB - The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has wreaked havoc globally, with over half a billion people infected and millions of lives lost. The pandemic has also interrupted every aspect of our lives, with most governments imposing various interventions and restrictions on people’s movement and behaviour to minimise the impact of the virus and save lives. The debate among scholars on the effectiveness of the interventions and restrictions, particularly in the context of a developing country like South Africa, continues. The data and scientific evidence indicate that non-pharmaceutical interventions, and particularly the implementation and adherence thereto, may have been ineffective in terms of containment in the South African context and had minimal impact in stopping the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. DA - 2022-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - South African Journal of Science, 118(5/6) KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Covid-19 KW - Coronavirus testing KW - Nonpharmaceutical interventions LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2022 SM - 1996-7489 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - Adding up the numbers: COVID-19 in South Africa TI - Adding up the numbers: COVID-19 in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12442 ER -25805