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Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
They could lose their lives. More families will mourn. All because of our actions, and our failure to take responsibility. We are at an extremely dangerous point in our fight against the pandemic. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
These brave men and women, who have kept our hospitals and clinics open and running through their resilience, courage and professionalism are now at even greater risk than before. They are themselves almost at break point. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
“Guys. We are all going to pay for your inability to be responsible with our LIVES.” — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
“More than half my colleagues had COVID or are currently in quarantine. “Hospital is FULL. No oxygen points. Private hospitals are FULL. Not accepting more patients. No beds anywhere. “And this is not yet the peak. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Yesterday, I saw a social media post from a doctor in one of our facilities, which I would like to share with you, because it captures the situation that our health workers face. He writes: “Half our consultants have COVID. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
During the month of December, 4,630 public sector health employees contracted COVID-19, bringing the total number infected since the start of the pandemic to over 41,000. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Our frontline healthcare workers, who have put their lives on the line over the past nine months to care for the ill, are becoming infected in higher numbers. They are exhausted, and they are struggling under the strain of the second wave. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In the Eastern Cape, for example, the number of hospitalisations and in-hospital deaths has now surpassed the numbers witnessed in the first surge earlier this year. Several provinces are hard at work to prepare additional beds, ventilators and oxygen to respond to this increase. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
These trauma cases are putting an unnecessary strain on our already stretched public health facilities. Our hospitals, both private and public, are already close to full capacity in a number of provinces, and ICU beds are either full already or rapidly filling up. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Excessive alcohol consumption is also driving up the number of trauma cases in our hospitals. According to the data we have, with every relaxation of the restrictions on the sale of alcohol, the number of trauma cases reporting at our hospitals has increased. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
In these same social gatherings, the consumption of alcohol in restaurants, in nightclubs and taverns has contributed to risky behaviour like not wearing masks and not observing social distancing. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Venues are often poorly ventilated and their permitted capacity is being exceeded. Hand sanitiser is not being used, and masks are being worn to gain entry, only to be taken off once inside. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We have continued to host and attend social gatherings and events that in many cases flout public health regulations. As has been the case previously, social gatherings substantially increase the risk of transmission. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We have let down our guard, and unfortunately we are now paying the price. We have not been wearing masks. We are not washing our hands or sanitising. And we are not keeping a safe distance from others. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
The rapid rise in infections is being fuelled by so-called super-spreader events, including like end-of-year functions, family and social gatherings, and music and cultural events. This is a cause for great alarm and points to an extreme lack of vigilance over the holiday period. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
As our scientists study this variant – called 501.V2 – and its spread, it appears that it may be more contagious than the virus that drove the first wave of infections. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
But this is a time of heightened danger in the face of a global pandemic. Across the world countries are having to take drastic measures to curb new waves of infections. We will all have heard that there is a new variant of COVID-19 that is now well-established in our country. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Infections are on the rise in part because, as humans, we are social beings and have a need to socialise with one another. We feel the need to visit friends and family, we attend religious services and we go to parties. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
More than 50,000 new cases have been reported since Christmas Eve. The majority of new cases are emerging in KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Eastern Cape. Infections are also alarmingly on the rise in Limpopo. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Yesterday, we passed the mark of more than one million confirmed coronavirus cases in our country. Nearly 27,000 South Africans are known to have died from COVID-19. The number of new coronavirus infections is climbing at an unprecedented rate. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
Fellow South Africans, In just four days from now, we will be ushering in a new year. This is traditionally a time of festivity and celebrating. Unfortunately, for us here in South Africa and for others around the world, there is little cause for celebration this year. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
#COVID19 | Update on developments in relation to the national response on the #coronavirus pandemic #StaySafe https://t.co/t7EjsIWn3B — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
RT @AUChair2020: His Excellency President @CyrilRamaphosa wishes to thank the Economic Community of Central African States for the progress… — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
As an advisor in official forums and ambassador for science, Prof Karim has richly influenced our response to this pandemic and enabled public public understanding of #COVID19 through his clear & endearing communication of the science behind this global challenge to human health. — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
It is an honour to congratulate Prof Karim on being awarded the 2020 John Maddox Prize, an outstanding achievement and international recognition of his contribution to science and to our national response to #COVID19. https://t.co/rkVRpuYcm4 — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We must ask ourselves what we can do and indeed what we must do as individuals, as leaders and as a people to advance social justice, solidarity & human rights – in our homes, communities, workplaces, where we study, worship, and in all facets of life. https://t.co/ZkkUWBWmWr — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We cannot build a society that enables the individual to better their life and realise their potential when resources meant for the benefit of the people are stolen by those who claim to be public servants. https://t.co/ZvnZhrbM8j — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We cannot move forward with the process of meaningful reconciliation if policies around economic transformation, affirmative action and land reform are resisted. https://t.co/Ocg16Hbggj — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
We cannot build a truly caring society so long as the country’s majority live in conditions of poverty, inequality and deprivation, while a minority exists in comfort and privilege. https://t.co/QPKUJmeT2F — PolitiTweet.org
Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa
As we work to bridge the racial divisions between the people of South Africa, we hope that our path to a non-racial society may serve as an example to others. True reconciliation will not be possible unless we address the many ills in our society. https://t.co/7Y5EdcuhdD — PolitiTweet.org
