Makhura said Gauteng has managed to slow the Covid-19 infection curve under the lockdown.
about the impact of Covid-19. He detailed issues including the progress made in flattening the infection curve and the decision to move to lockdown level 3 in June.“Our province has been able to slow down the infection rate, particularly during the lockdown and it is also evident that in the top four provinces with the most confirmed cases, we have been able to slow the rate of transmission more effectively.
”“We are going to level 3 in June as Gauteng and we cannot go in a disjointed way. We cannot have one municipality or metro on level 4 and another on level 3 or level 2. Even the districts are highly integrated, so we are going to level 3 together.”“Although so far our province has slowed the curve, our municipalities and provincial departments, working with national government departments, have been able to co-ordinate well.
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