eThekwini municipality, the epicentre of Covid-19 in KwaZulu-Natal, is looking for new burial land and refurbishing a crematorium in anticipation of Covid-19 peak deaths, mayor Mxolisi Kaunda told parliament on Thursday
Field hospitals, which will serve to increase the capacity of health-care facilities, are also being created.
As of Sunday, eThekwini had 841 cases of Covid-19 with 181 recoveries, 660 active cases and 19 deaths.“Disinfecting public transport facilities occurs between 8pm and 4am daily, spraying is completed three hours before operational times. Pressure cleaning and sanitisation occurs twice a week between 8pm and 4am,” Kaunda explained.
“Food parcels distributed to 23 mainly rural wards, with each ward receiving 1,000 food parcels. Food vouchers to be distributed to 87 wards, with each ward receiving 1,000 food vouchers,” he said.
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