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Two years later, COVID-19 remains a never-ending nightmare

Worst of times: The original lockdown came as a jolt to whatever hopes there had been PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Worst of times: The original lockdown came as a jolt to whatever hopes there had been PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The upcoming winter season is expected to be one of the key tests of the pandemic’s progression in Botswana, two years after the virus set foot on local soils and overturned life as we have known it before. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports

No one in the country’s health sector is even inclined to say COVID-19 is over. Or abating. Or becoming less of a threat.

Even as cases dip considerably below 10 per 100,000 as a countrywide average, no one is willing to make such emphatic and binding pronouncements. Recent history has treated any such optimism quite harshly.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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