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“While Saapa SA is sympathetic to the plight of small operators in particular and their staff and families, we are concerned that the ‘self-regulation’ of the industry is inevitably subordinate to their economic interests and therefore will always be inappropriate, especially in the middle of a pandemic.
“The alcohol industry has failed to deliver on its promise to ensure that alcohol outlets abide by Covid-19 protocols and thus contribute to containment of the coronavirus.”
Experts warned over the course of the pandemic that alcohol-related trauma cases, including stabbings and car accidents, place an additional burden on healthcare workers and facilities when Covid-19 admissions rise in the United States. hospitals.
Trauma Cases in Eastern Cape Hospitals Increased Dramatically Between Christmas Eve and Goodwill Day, DispatchLIVE reported.
At the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, for example, there were 18 cases on December 24. On Christmas Day there were 40 cases in the hospital, 30 of which were stabbings.
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