Johannesburg’s hospitals in danger of being overwhelmed as Covid-19 cases rise

Protesters march in Pretoria demanding that vaccines from China and Russia be included in South Africa’s rollout which has been criticised as too slow (AP Photo Let Pretorius)

A rapid resurgence of Covid-19 is slamming South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, and threatens to overwhelm its hospitals.

Johannesburg, a city of five million, and the surrounding Gauteng province account for about 60% of the country’s new daily infections.