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Covid-19 infrastructure to be used for NHI

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WITH the number of Covid-19 infections in KwaZulu-Natal declining and government health facilities not being full, the provincial Department of Health said that they planned to use the created infrastructure for the National Health Insurance system.

Durban - It was noted that not all the facilities made available for the surge in Covid-19 cases were being used.

Simelane-Zulu said they had not used all of their infrastructure as there had not been a need for it. Premier Sihle Zikalala, who chaired the briefing, said: “We are cognisant of the threat of a new wave of Covid-19 infections coming back to overwhelm us. We have seen it in other countries, where people thought the virus had subsided and then they started behaving recklessly, making the virus come back stronger than before. If we allow that to happen, government will not hesitate to re-institute the ban on alcohol, and bring back other restrictions.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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