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PHOTOS: South Africa carries out more than fifty-thousand COVID-19 tests in a single day

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Published on: June 16, 2023

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Medical workers disinfect equipment at an isolation ward in a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, July 10, 2020. As of Thursday, a total of 238,339 COVID-19 cases were reported in South Africa, said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. (Photo by Yeshiel/Xinhua)

Gauteng Province in South Africa’s northeast has become the country’s new epicenter for COVID-19 infections. The outbreak there is among the worst on the continent, but healthcare workers have shown that they are not ready to take the disease lying down.

A medical worker wearing a protective suit treats COVID-19 patients at an isolation ward in a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, July 10, 2020. (Photo by Yeshiel/Xinhua)

Local pandemic-response apparatuses have leapt into action to fight back the tide of infections. Earlier this week, health workers in the country carried out more than 56,000 tests in a single day, bringing the total number of people tested for the disease nationwide to over two million.

A medical worker stands outside a temporary tent in a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, July 10, 2020. (Photo by Yeshiel/Xinhua)

These photos show workers at a hospital in Gauteng Province’s Pretoria as they go about their work.

Staff wearing protective suits clean garbage at a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, July 10, 2020. (Photo by Yeshiel/Xinhua)

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