ESWATINI IN TOP 5 IN COVID-19 RECOVERIES

MBABANE – Eswatini is the fifth nation in 10 SADC countries with a high recovery rate and the sixth country that has recorded low deaths.
SADC is an acronym for Southern African Development Community.

The information was sourced from the COVID-19 tracker page.
Once ranked low on COVID-19 recoveries, Eswatini has done so much to change the situation around and its recovery rate is not bad compared to other countries in the region.

As of yesterday, Eswatini had 706 confirmed cases; 335 active cases, 347 recoveries and eight deaths. The containment rate in the country stands at 48 per cent, death rate at one per cent while the recovery rate is at 49.1 per cent.

Average

The kingdom is currently getting an average of 13.5 cases daily in the last few days.
Director of Health Services Dr Vusi Magagula said the country was doing all it could to contain and manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Of course there are challenges since this is a relatively new disease that caught the whole world off-guard, but we are committed to protecting the citizens from the pandemic,” he said.

Seychelles is leading SADC countries in COVID-19 recoveries as the archipelagic State stands at 100 per cent recovery rate.
As of yesterday, Seychelles had 11 confirmed cases and 11 recoveries, with no deaths. This makes Seychelles a COVID-19 free country, at least for now.
The archipelago went into lockdown on April 8, two days after the last case of the virus was recorded, shutting non-essential services and banning all movement aside from grocery shopping.

According to Seychelles publications, behind the successful handling of the delicate situation, resulting from this pandemic, is the local authority known as the Public Health Authority under the supervision of the Seychelles’ Public Health Commissioner, Dr Jude Gedeon.
The public health team reacted promptly and effectively to establish emergency protocols with the directions of the WHO, to respond to the COVID-19 crisis to treat the active cases and curb the spread.  Provision for quarantine facilities and an immediate rapid response team was created from the time WHO had declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

The country also imposed a travel ban order at midnight on April 8, restricting movement for citizens except essential service workers. This measure was maintained for 21 days. Mauritius and Zambia are second and third with 95.6 and 82.1 per cent recovery rate, respectively. Just like Seychelles, Mauritius once reached the COVID-19 free status, but relapsed as they had 341 confirmed cases as of yesterday and 321 recoveries with 10 deaths, bringing their fatality rate to 2.9 per cent.

Curfew

The Mauritian government’s early decision to administer a sanitary curfew was commendable.
In South Africa, the daily mortality rate is now at two per cent, down from 2.2 per cent, and the number of recoveries is 50 326, which translates to a recovery rate of 54.3 per cent.

In Zimbabwe, there were 525 confirmed cases as of  Wednesday with 64 recoveries and six deaths. The fatality rate in Zimbabwe stands at 1.1 per cent, while the recovery rate stands at 12.2 per cent.

Botswana stands at 96 per cent on recoveries as 25 patients from the 63 currently infected patients have recovered. The country has only recorded one fatality from the pandemic and there is only one patient who is critically ill.

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