The new health minister Phaahla has appealed to South African communities to respect the Covid-19 regulations. covid19 masks joephaahla
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“This increase represents a 19.9% positivity rate. A total of 15 821 074 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors," the NICD reported. The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal , followed by Western Cape . Eastern Cape accounted for 11%; Gauteng accounted for 12%; Free State accounted for 6%; Mpumalanga accounted for 5%; Northern Cape and North West accounted for 4% each, and Limpopo accounted for 2%.“It is in our best interest to observe the regulations. This is not a form of some punishment but a form of protecting our lives, protecting our loved ones and everybody around us.
“We would not want our society to rely on law enforcement but rather on social solidarity that we are doing these things to protect ourselves and the people around us. It is understandable that we have been in this for more than one and half years, going to two years now, but these are the basic tools which we have in our midst. We have now added the additional tool of vaccination.”
From Friday, South Africa opened up Covid-19 vaccinations for people aged between 18 and 35 years as the government intensified efforts to vaccinate the population devastated by the pandemic.
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