Winde expressed concern over unemployment in the province, referring to it as the second pandemic. Covid_19 lockdown TheCapeArgus
The Western Cape has since reported 12 688 active cases of Covid-19, 91 180 confirmed cases and 75 595 recoveries as of yesterday, according to the daily provincial update on Covid-19 by premier Alan Winde.
In a special budget tabled last week, R3.05 billion had been allocated to the province to assist in efforts to curb the spread of the virus, said Winde. “This tourism webinar series is one of the many ways we are working hard to support the tourism sector, which has been hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Alert Level 3 restrictions and is facing significant job losses in the Western Cape,” said Winde.
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