NELSON MANDELA BAY - WITH OVER 500 ACTIVE CASES, UITENHAGE IS THE CENTRAL HOTSPOT OF THE METRO

If Nelson Mandela Bay is the national coronavirus hotspot, Uitenhage is the hottest.

According to the latest available statistics, it is the only sub-district with more than 500 active COVID-19 cases.

For health workers the busy CBD is terrifying.

"Guys don't understand how traumatising it is. Even in the passage to see a body wheeled past you," said Bridgette Veenendaal, a health worker.

"It's so scary knowing that your kids are so small and that you can take the virus home with you."

It doesn't help that the area's water supply is often interrupted.

Although the sale of alcohol is forbidden on weekends under new restrictions, it doesn't stop people from getting drinks to take home on a Sunday.

Many people are in denial about how alcohol consumption helps spread the virus.

via - ENCA