Health crisis: Nelson Mandela Bay sends out SOS as active COVID-19 cases approach 6,000

“A new surge in COVID-19 cases is overwhelming Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch: close to 642 patients needing hospitalisation, a slow response from the Eastern Cape Department of Health, three overflowing hospitals and an R11-million state-of-the-art ward lying dormant because there are no nurses to work there.”