COVID-19 Overwhelms Resources

Batswana in quarantine and isolation are bemoaning poor service from health workers due to increasing numbers of contacts to be traced.  “My experience has been very frustrating since I tested and had to beg for my results until I got them after a week of waiting. At times they would even tell me they had no airtime to call me. This is a scary situation because some people cannot be that patient and eventually go out before getting their results,” a frustrated patient told The Monitor anonymously.

According to the source, they self-isolated after experiencing the symptoms on September 24 and tested on the 27th, but only got the results on October 2 at night after constantly calling to check for results. He was then taken to a designated isolation area two days later in an ambulance with two other patients.