Have you watched the ITV video clip in which journalist John Irvine claims that the Eastern Cape is the deadliest place on the planet? He talks about COVID deaths during the pandemic and also about the difficulties looming around getting people vaccinated in the remotest corners of the province.
Watch the clip here
Read the Travel News article by Adele Mackenzie, editor of our sister publication, Tourism Update, quoting expert views on the piece, here.
Do you think that John Irvine is justified in the statement he makes in the broadcast: “When it comes to COVID-19, South Africa’s scenic Eastern Cape is the deadliest place in the world.”
What effect has this report had or will this have on tourism to the poorest province? Will more Eastern Cape jobs be lost and greater poverty prevail? Was it a fair portrayal of the province?
Thanks to Travel News reader Sharon Gilbert-Rivett’s good idea, you can send Travel News’s editor an email giving your opinion of the insert by Wednesday, April 28, and we will forward a collation of the comments to the ITV Press Centre.
Email: katen@nowmedia.co.za
