SOUTH AFRICA BATTLING CORONAVIRUS AND HIV-AIDS AT THE SAME TIME AFTER APARTHEID

Tireless efforts of the South African government in its fight against the coronavirus

In a country, still recovering from physical and psychological scars of Apartheid, and also hit hard by a high crime rate and the spread of other diseases such as tuberculosis and AIDS, South Africa is now under the attack of coronavirus, which emerged from China last year December.

Decades under the brutal rule of the white minority, the fall of Apartheid in 1990, didn’t bring any significant change in the country, therefore, thousands of South Africans still live in poverty, overcrowded slums, while others are homeless, facing a high rate of unemployment.

South Africa today, has over 7.1 million HIV-positive people in the country, with the arrival of the coronavirus, once again, the country is in a nightmare, threatening Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, which have serious problems of the virus. 

South Africa has currently registered 16, 433 coronavirus cases and 286 deaths, this is not too alarming compared to the serious situations in other countries in Europe and America. 

However, due to social, ethnic, racial divisions, poverty, and the homeless situation, the country must be very careful.