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BBC OS Conversations: South Africa’s alcohol ban

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South Africa’s alcohol ban

19/07/2020 GMT

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How does banning alcohol sales help doctors tackling Covid-19?

For the second time during its Covid-19 outbreak, South Africa has decided to ban sales of alcohol. How does that have an impact on the workload of doctors in hospitals treating coronavirus patients? We hear their conversation.

In Colombia, the economic impact of the pandemic is so desperate in poorer neighbourhoods that some people are hanging red flags outside their homes as a cry for help. We speak to four women in Colombia about the challenges the country is facing, including the plight of migrants from Venezuela.

Bergamo in Italy was once at the epicentre of the global outbreak as coronavirus spread into Europe. But after 137 days, the intensive care unit at one of the main hospitals now has no Covid-19 patients. We speak to the doctor in charge about what that feels like and how his team has coped with the past four months.

Picture: Dr Luvuyo Tshona works in Accident & Emergency at Odi District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa

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