Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has announced that committees will be set up in the province's Covid-19 hotspots in an attempt to slow the high infection rate. He said 87 wards in the two metros had been identified for this strategy. Another concern is that serious crimes have shot up in the province since the sale of alcohol was unbanned.
Mabuyane, announced on Tuesday morning that the province will change strategy and now try to manage the outbreak of coronavirus infections by introducing community-based joint operations centres.
“We were not surprised when it happened because we knew there would be chancers who wanted to use the pandemic to get rich quickly,” Mabuyane said. He has directed accounting officers to be on high alert and pay more attention to procurement. On efforts to fight the pandemic, Mabuyane said their new strategy will focus on the 87 wards in the province’s two metros, Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City.
“More positive cases should be isolated under supervision for us to reduce local spread and avoid a rapid increase in the positive caseload,” he said.
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