Will interprovincial travel be allowed in December? Prof Tulio de Oliveira explains
With reports about a second wave on everyone's lips at the moment, more and more South Africans are curious to know if interprovincial travelling will be permitted during the festive season. Prof Tulio de Oliveira joined Darren, Keri, and Sky to unpack this growing concern and to provide insight on how the genome results in South Africa have been used to track interprovincial spreading of the virus since level 3.
Under alert level two, the South African government announced that interprovincial travel by private vehicles and public transport services was permitted.
But, as reports of a second wave continue to grow, many people are asking if they will be permitted to visit their loved ones who reside in other provinces during the festive season.
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Virus hunter and bioinformatician, Prof Tulio de Oliveira, answered this question in the latest COVID-19 episode, as well as the following questions:
- What are the long term consequences of contracting COVID-19?
- When will we have a vaccine?
- What is the latest regarding Belgium?
Listen to the full podcast below:
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Catch up with moments from the latest edition of Darren, Keri, and Sky below: