Coronavirus has dominated many of our lives from early 2020, and may do so for months and even years to come. This is an unprecedented worldwide pandemic, which has resulted in suffering, fear, panic, economic shut-down, and many many tragic deaths. The scenarios created around the world have been compelling, distressing, and rapidly-changing . We know that our readers are an educated and online-savvy group who will be fairly well informed on the pandemic in general, so this wellness service will not try to replicate news services. Rather, we present a few carefully selected resources and some trustworthy online links.
Some useful articles:
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The South African national helpline number is 0800 029 999.



Your company-funded EAP provides 24-hour support for a range of psycho-social concerns. The service is professional (staffed by psychologists and social workers and nurses) and confidential and free to you. Here are the numbers you need:
ICAS EAP (for Sanlam Investments and Sanlam Corporate employees )
- Call 0800 611 053
Careways EAP (for Sanlam, Santam and Miway employees)
- Call 0800 204 555
- Email care@carewaysgroup.com
- Need a call back? SMS your name to 31581 at any time, day or night and the Care Centre will call you back within 60 minutes.
