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Head of Gauteng health 'war room' and five others test positive for Covid-19

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Six people from the Gauteng department of health's Covid-19 war room have tested positive for the virus.

Among them is the head of the department, Prof Mkhululi Lukhele, department spokesperson Kwara Kekana said.Last month, Kekana and a colleague from MEC Dr Bandile Masuku’s office went into isolation after testing positive for Covid-19.

In May, Gauteng premier David Makhura said the province had adopted a multisectoral and multidisciplinary approach which would “proactively involve significant actors within the province to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic”.Makhura said the war room would do routine monitoring, evaluation and surveillance using multiple approaches, systems and technologies.

 

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