Gauteng to step up Covid-19 fight – Makhura

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The regional case recovery rate as of 20 May showed a decrease in cases: Johannesburg (83%), Ekurhuleni (71%), Tshwane (70%), Sedibeng (32%) and West Rand (59%).

Visible ward-based Covid-19 teams, intensive public education and the mass mobilisation of communities.

Addressing a media briefing of the Gauteng Provincial Command Council’s anti-coronavirus campaign, he paid tribute to foot soldiers at ward level for much progress in containing the spread of the virus, saying efforts would redouble from Monday. “In the last seven days, Gauteng had 2,400 cases of people who tested positive for Covid-19, but we have later seen this number going down to 929, representing 61% of recoveries from 72%,” said Makhura.

Referring to hotspots he defined as “a district that has five or more active cases per 100 000 population or the high number of new positive cases over 14 days”, Makhura said the GPCC would intensify:Deployment of multidisciplinary and multisectoral response teams led by public health experts, including Cuban doctors;

 

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