South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
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Letter by Ntsie on the responses of Van Niekerk (Van Niekerk A. Child health, infant formula funding and South African health professionals: Eliminating conflict of interest. S Afr Med J 2020;110(4):262-264. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i4.14611) and Khan (Khan N. ⋯ S Afr Med J 2020;110(4):262-264. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i4.14611) to the article by Lake et al. (Lake L, Kroon M, Sanders D, et al. Child health, infant formula funding and South African health professionals: Eliminating conflict of interest. S Afr Med J 2019;109(12):902-906. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i12.14336).
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There has been much speculation during the past week about the catastrophe that awaits once coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) establishes itself in the poorest communities of South Africa (SA) and, importantly, in informal settlements. Evidence to date suggests that COVID-19 is efficiently passed from infected individuals via large droplets and hard-surface fomites.