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Cautious hopes as Covid cases drop

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Getting the jab: Vaccination rates are nearing President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s target of 64% for 2021 PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

COVID-19 cases this week dropped to their lowest since the beginning of the year, but authorities warn the pandemic is far from over. The 11 by-elections due next month and the much-beloved festive season thereafter, are the immediate threats to the low cases, writes Staffer, MBONGENI MGUNI

On Monday, the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force announced that the entire country had ‘gone green’, representing the first time this year that COVID-19 cases have fallen below 10 per 100,000 this year.

For Batswana who endured the harshest winter in memory, with cases in June and July peaking at a collective 69,711, the latest downtrend is a Godsend. July was the worst month in terms of COVID-19 mortalities, with deaths rising to 573, from 219 in June and from an average of 184 in the five months before that.

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Cautious hopes as Covid cases drop

COVID-19 cases this week dropped to their lowest since the beginning of the year, but authorities warn the pandemic is far from over. The 11 by-elections due next month and the much-beloved festive season thereafter, are the immediate threats to the low cases, writes Staffer, MBONGENI MGUNI

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