It’s mid-July, and South Africa is, sadly, in the middle of its dreaded, and predicted, Covid-19 surge. Now is not the time for complacency or fatalism, however. South Africans need to double down on their physical-distancing, hand-hygiene and nonpharmaceutical-intervention efforts. Without collective and diligent action, there is a real risk that our healthcare system could indeed be overwhelmed in the coming weeks.