Light at the end of Cape Town's Covid-19 tunnel - Groote Schuur's Dr Ross Hofmeyr

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Dr Ross Hofmeyr is back with us after a three month or so adjourn. He is an associate professor at UCT, Department of Anaesthesia, and works at the Groote Schuur Hospital and has had a very interesting three months. "We're looking very, very carefully at the numbers to make sure this is not just a temporary blip and things get worse again but the eye of faith and a bit of hope, we think that we might be over the peak and we might be seeing a slow, gradual decline from here," he tells BizNews founder Alec Hogg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 Jul 2020 3AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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