“The geographic pattern, as well as the age pattern, indicate that the excess deaths are related to COVID-19,” said SAMRC’s chief specialist scientist, Professor Debbie Bradshaw, on Wednesday.

The Health Department said in an announcement that 240 healthcare professionals have succumbed to the coronavirus in South Africa, with the public sector being the hardest hit. 

The growing acceptance that social distancing and dispersed work are going to be with us for quite some time is motivating organisations to pivot to online training options in order to get this year’s skills development plans and training objectives back on track.