Depression and Anxiety during the peak of Covid-19

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Anxiety and depression cases have gone up by over 25% globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is according to the World Health Organization which also discovered that the pandemic affected those who were needing access to mental health services.
VOW FM News Mapaballo Borotho compiled the following report…

27 May 2022 English South Africa News · News Commentary

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