President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize are set to visit the Western Cape next week as Covid-19 infections and deaths has tripled in just two weeks
“What we are seeing in the Western Cape is a cluster outbreak. We need to find a mechanism to go into those areas and deal with the outbreak more strongly,” he said.
Mkhize said he was concerned that the Western Cape now accounted for just under 50% of all infections in the country. “We will be visiting the Western Cape with the president next week to give the necessary support. We will work with them and see what additional reinforcements are needed,” he said.
Mkhize had announced earlier on Thursday night that South Africa now had 8232 confirmed Covid-19 infections and 161 deaths, after 424 new infections were recorded. The eight people who died were from the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal - with six and two deaths respectively. Meanwhile, the national lottery operator, Ithuba, donated branded cloth masks to frontline workers, including the SAPS and healthcare workers.
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