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Gauteng hospitals scramble to prepare for influx of Covid-19 patients

New Covid-19 cases are on the rise across the country with private hospitals providing a grim picture of their facilities, reported to be bursting at the seams.

Isaac Mahlangu Senior reporter

Public hospitals in Gauteng are half-full with Covid-19 patients as infections surge  across the country and admissions increase rapidly.

The opening of additional Covid-19 wards in various public facilities appears to have prepared the province to better deal with a growing number of cases that have now equalled the January figures at the height of the second wave. ..

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