Zweli Mkhize issued a response to Dr Glenda Gray after her criticisms about some lockdown regulations.
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize took exception to comments from Dr Glenda Gray criticising the government's handling of the lockdown.The public difference of opinion between health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize and Dr Glenda Gray has divided many.
Gray's public comments about the government’s decisions relating to the Covid-19 lockdown resulted in Mkhize lambasting her, with many others joining the fray.Last week, Gray, who was appointed by Mkhize as a member of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19, expressed opposing views to the government regarding how the virus was being tackled in SA., Gray weighed in on the extension of the lockdown for health benefits and to slow the spread of Covid-19.
“In the face of a young population, we refuse to let people out. We make them exercise for three hours a day and then complain there's congestion in this time. We punish children and kick them out of school and we deny them education. For what? Where is the scientific evidence for that?”
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