Two years later, COVID-19 remains a never-ending nightmare
Friday, March 25, 2022 | 940 Views |
Worst of times: The original lockdown came as a jolt to whatever hopes there had been PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
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.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...