Decisive and strong leadership and intersectoral action from South Africa in response to the COVID-19 virus
Date
2020
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Health & Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
South Africa (SA) reported its first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 5 March 2020. For the 14 days from
then until the time of writing (5 - 19 March), we have seen decisive,
strong leadership from the President, and significant, important
and necessary co-ordination between different ministries including
Education, Justice, Health, Trade and Industry, Transport, Public
Works and Infrastructure, Finance, Cooperative Governance and
Traditional Affairs, and International Relations and Cooperation. In
these 14 days, SA has rapidly produced and implemented a number
of action items (Table 1). This intersectoral action and co-ordination
is something that has been needed for a long time to address
development in SA.
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CITATION: Nkonki, L. & Fonn, S. 2020. Decisive and strong leadership and intersectoral action from South Africa in response to the COVID-19 virus. South African Medical Journal, 110(5), doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i5.14739.
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
COVID-19 (Disease) -- South Africa, Coronaviruses -- Prevention -- South Africa
Citation
Nkonki, L. & Fonn, S. 2020. Decisive and strong leadership and intersectoral action from South Africa in response to the COVID-19 virus. South African Medical Journal, 110(5), doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i5.14739.