Lockdown could inadvertently cause a spike in cancer cases - experts
(World News South Africa)

As South Africa finally heads towards level 1 of the lockdown at midnight tomorrow, there are now fears that the country could be sitting on a time bomb of undetected cancer cases. Scores of South Africans have been unable to be screened for cancers during the six-month long quarantine, delaying diagnosis for an array of different cancers – some potentially fatal. Gauteng could be the worst hit, believes veteran DA provincial health spokesperson Jack Bloom, after its hospitals were inundated by a high CVOVID 19 caseload. “The issue with cancer is that you can have a symptom like back pain which could just be a muscle problem or it could be cancer, but you won`t know until you go to a doctor...