South Africa: Coronavirus Misinformation Floods Lenasia

Naeem Moosa sent a patient to be tested for Covid-19, and within hours misinformation had swept through Lenasia in Johannesburg. Now the doctor has to curb panic as well as try to save lives.

It started like any other Monday. General practitioner Naeem Moosa strolled into his practice in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, greeted his receptionist and the few patients in the waiting area, and settled down to work. An ordinary routine he's been through thousands of times since he graduated as a doctor in 2000.

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