Ramaphosa gives thumbs-up to department’s coronavirus tracking

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Use of technology with CSIR to look at incidence of pandemic in whole country leaves president ‘hugely impressed’

President Cyril Ramaphosa is scanned on a visit to the health department’s Covid-19 information centre in Pretoria on April 9. Picture: GCIS

“I was hugely impressed to see how we are able, through the facility we have here, to look at the entire country and see how we can get data and information about the incidents of infection of the coronavirus throughout the country,” Ramaphosa said. “As a nation, we should be proud that we have an institution like the CSIR which is always trying to be ahead of the curve in terms of bringing solutions for the nations to utilise,” Ramaphosa said.Data mined and mapped at the information centre is used by the national command council, chaired by Ramaphosa, in decision-making.

 

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