South Africa sends testing teams into townships to contain coronavirus

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South Africa's government is sending teams of experts to test locals in townships for Covid-19

Members of the medical staff are seen as they test residents, during a nationwide lockdown for 21 days to try to contain the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Alexandra, South Africa, March 31, 2020

But Mkhize said concerns about internal transmission of the virus in the townships, where crowded conditions offer a fertile breeding ground for the coronavirus, meant the response needed to be stepped up. Mkhize said the testing teams would initially focus on “hotspots” where infection rates were highest and that they would be supported by non-governmental organisations.

Mkhize said the government was hoping to double the size of its tracing teams, from around 5,000 now, with the help of community health workers, nurses and NGOs.

 

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