Western Cape premier Alan Winde is adamant that the province is ready to move to level 3 lockdown despite it accounting for almost 60% of the cases in SA
The province, by Tuesday, had 10,639 confirmed cases with 187 deaths. Most of the country's infections and deaths have been in Cape Town.
Winde said the strategy would allow the province to focus on the geographical areas where the virus is spreading, to slow it down and protect vulnerable people. “The key measure that must be used to determine levels is whether we are prepared to provide care to every person who needs it at the time they need it.”The premier said the coronavirus provincial hotline for residents has been established and the conversion of the Cape Town International Convention Centre into a temporary hospital facility will provide about 850 additional beds at the peak of the pandemic.
“We launched an online screening tool which has helped in screening 62,200 people and recruited 1,645 volunteers to support our health-care workers when this peak arrives. “Our humanitarian support will become unsustainable over time on our current budgets as more people lose their jobs. We simply cannot ignore the impact of this on the health of people, especially vulnerable people, into the future,” said Winde.The province launched the Red Dot Transport Service for health-care workers.
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