DA submits PAIA applications for Covid-19 data from seven provinces | Day39ofLockdown
The DA's spokesperson for health MP Siviwe Gwarube said with the exception of the Western Cape and Gauteng, provinces were failing to provide daily statistics as to infections per region, fatalities related to the novel coronavirus and, crucially, the number of tests conducted every day.
"There seems to be a desire in some provinces to withhold data from the public for no reason at all. As an example of this absurdity, the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government is claiming that these statistics are embargoed. Other provinces are either inconsistent in the sharing of this information or it does not happen at all."
She said the absence of data meant that the failure by health authorities in the Eastern Cape to get testing up to speed had gone unnoticed for far too long. "In my own reading of the numbers, I have a feeling we need more testing because we will probably find more people. The number of deaths and the reported positive cases do not match," the minister was quoted as saying.
Gwarube said the Western Cape, where the DA is in power, began weeks ago to do targeted testing, tracking and tracing to obtain an accurate picture of how the disease is spreading within communities and that this was useful in actively curbing the infection rate.
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