South Africa’s 30 new Covid-19 deaths on Thursday came from the Western and Eastern Cape, while 83% of the 1134 new infections also came from the two provinces, data released by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize shows.
Mkhize said over 525 000 tests had now been conducted since March, with over 18 500 tests being done in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said on Thursday that a joint meeting between ministers from the national office, the Eastern Cape and his Western Cape government, took place to underline solutions to the transportation of bodies between the Eastern and Western Cape provinces during the pandemic.
He said it had been resolved that four regulatory protocols should be drafted by the two premiers and submitted to national government for processing. "The meeting follows a discussion during the Presidential Coordinating Council where the two provinces reported that they were in talks trying to find protocols of cooperation," Winde said.Joint cooperation on agriculture to specifically manage the movement and employment conditions of seasonal workers between the two provinces.
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