People’s behaviour stoking Gauteng pandemic - The Mail & Guardian

As many as 11 000 people in Gauteng may die of Covid-19 with the disease on its current trajectory, amid warnings that each infected person is spreading the disease to up to four other people.

The province’s active coronavirus cases have also surpassed countries such as Argentina, Belgium and the Philippines. The actual number could be higher because only 22% of public hospitals report this information to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. All private hospitals are reporting their statistics.

The health workers were appointed by the Gauteng health department in March to help the department in spreading awareness of the virus, for contact tracing and to conduct screenings. Sisanda Kulima works at Finetown clinic, south of Johannesburg. She said people are more likely to change their behaviour and “to follow the rules when they see others do so”.

Meanwhile, the department of health is pushing for stricter policing of the level 3 regulations, with the provincial command council recommending to the National Command Council that the trade in alcohol should be controlled in the province. Instead of leaving their homes to attend to business and work, collect essential items or go to schools, Masebe complained that “people are now visiting friends family, which is not allowed under level 3”.

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