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South African hospital filled to capacity as Covid-19 cases spike

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Waiting rooms are turned into wards as hospitals in South Africa are filled to capacity following a spike in Covid infections. Western Cape Provincial Minister of Health Nomafrench Mbombo refers to the situation as a "house on fire", as patients complain of having to sit in chairs day and night whilst receiving life saving oxygen. from a hospital in Khayelitsha, South AfricaN°8XW334

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