South Africa sends army medics to Covid-hit province

Johannesburg (AFP) June 18, 2021

South Africa is deploying army medical personnel to its commercial hub and most populous province to help health workers battle a surge in coronavirus, the government said Friday. South Africa, the worst-hit country in the continent, has entered a third Covid wave, with new daily cases doubling over the past two weeks. Gauteng province - home to the administrative capital Pretoria and f