A video went viral recently about a beast coming out of a dense, thorny jungle in fury unleashing all its might trampling upon and crashing the superpowers of the world. In its uproaring aggression, it pulverizes everything on its path.
The tears-inducing coronavirus stories about the shortage of supplies emerging out of the Euro-zone, an alliance of some European countries, are unbelievable.
World Health Organization (W.HO.) said Europe is facing “critical shortages” of supplies. As countries’ cases rise, hospital beds, masks and protective gear are running out very fast. In other cases, supplies are either insufficient or none-existent.
Lack of resources can not be associated with, in the main, first-world states. But here we are in the 21st century, watching awe and failing to describe the unthinkable.
According to CNN, some States in the U.S.A. (United States of America) are experiencing lack of components for conducting tests in laboratories due to high demand and production constraints.
Ramp up Production
U.S.A. President Donald Trump urged producers to increase production of these vital medical equipment and associated assortments.
One would never place a bet against the United States of America being overwhelmed and trailing in its response strategies to combat the epidemic.
But this is the story of human fragility. A disaster so devastating no matter the social strata of a country. Human beings are vulnerable anywhere in the world. Granted, a point can be made that other spheres of the world are precariously delicate than others.
The obliterating storm of the Covid-19 malaise is circling violently in Europe. Far in the West, U.S.A. to be precise, it is terrorising cities remarkably.
Tracing the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) that has gained notoriety, it was reported last year in Wuhang, one of the provinces that became its epicenter in mainland China.
Poor African Sytems
Africa is not an exception. Having been the continent that recorded its first cases very late after its extremities in the Asian pacific which is now sweeping the West also.
The South African government is starting to realize that the spike in Covid-19 cases are outstripping its capacity. The country’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced on Wednesday 150 Covid-19 infected people.
As more and more cases get confirmed, the allocated resources are paling in comparison with needs on the ground.
The shortage of these health aids cuts across different spheres of society’s needs. Be it in personnel to hospital beds, or supplies and the little time available, all compounds what is already a terrible pandemic crashing nations.
The unpredictable source and wave of the contagion does not make it any easier anywhere in the world. However, established economies are better in dealing with pandemic.
Following Trump capitulation under pressure that his country’s health system was not set out to handle this unprecedented spread of this magnitude, evidently, all countries are in a similar predicament.
The invisibility or undetectable nature of the highly contagious novel coronavirus makes planning for its next target hard to pin down.
One positive patient may spark a web of hard-to-follow footprint. Unbeknownst to them, the officials from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) go on a wild chase in SA. Push exhaustingly to deploy their shoe-string resources to trace whomever traceable.
Traces have their own limitations. Just a few days ago authorities had to invoke the might of the law through a court judgment to get a suspect to cooperate for a test in Johannesburg.
Concurrence Among Politicians
The political heads of different parties, at the very least, showed solidarity and unity of purpose on Wednesday Mar. 18, 2020. It was symbolic to witness them backup government’s efforts to beat down this epidemic. It was important as the country’s figures soar within two weeks from the very first reported case in SA.
Although SA is yet to record a single death case, the global numbers are a staggering 9,386, marking an upward swing.