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Alcohol ban may be longer than expected. Dr Mkhize will continue to monitor the Covid-19 hospitalization related cases since alcohol ban.
Having alcohol ban in place, the cases related to abuse of alcohol that leads to hospitalization have dropped across the country. This is a better thing for health care Frontliners to fully focus on Covid-19 patients, their focus in now undivided.
They have seen a huge reduction in the acute trauma in emergencies, stab wounds, gun shot wounds, motor vehicle accidents, and large taxi accidents, where you have got a number of people killed at the same time.
Those are the words from Dr Zweli Mkhize highlighting the impact of alcohol ban did to the health system. Considering the good impact alcohol ban in the country, this can make alcohol ban be in place for too long looking at the livelihood of the people and the health system in curbing the spread of the virus.
Will alcohol be lifted after 15 February?
Dr Mkhize emphasizes the fact that the country is still seeing the rise in daily infections and deaths, this is an indication that the alcohol ban may remain in place for too long.
We are not sitting here saying people must never drink alcohol. We are saying the suspension of alcohol has had the desired effect of reducing pressure on health workers, to the extend that they are now able to attend to a surge of unpredictable numbers. If we are still facing the surge, we’d like to see that our focus goes to unavoidable problems such as the infections, rether than to the avoidable situation that alcohol brings. Zweli adds.
Dr Zweli Mkhize however says that he is not ready to give recommendations to the NCCC about his Findings. The NCCC is the one that determines the lockdown levels and overall response to the Covid-19 pandemic.