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Johannesburg - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize is on Friday night briefing the nation on his department's interventions as the country prepares to move to level 3 lockdown on June 1.
Mkhize's briefing is also expected to address the issue of backlogs in testing for Covid-19 and plans to dealth with areas which have been declared coronavirus hotspots. The country has taken some of the most decisive measures on the African continent to tackle the spread of the virus, conducting the most tests and imposing one of its strictest lockdowns.
The health ministry said in a statement that as of May 25, the latest date for which it gave data, unprocessed specimens awaiting tests stood at 96,480.There was a backlog of 101,007 unprocessed throat swabs and saliva samples on May 21 and 58,930 on May 14. The ministry said it was prioritising processing tests for patients admitted in hospitals and healthcare workers, while also collecting specimens from community screening.
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