The provincial government is scrambling to quarantine Eastern Cape's Covid-19 patient zero, who has been roaming around East London in defiance of the state's containment measures.
Tough-talking health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, who held a press briefing with the SA Council of Churches on Monday morning, said patient one — who
allegedly claimed to be exercising her right to freedom of movement after testing positive for the virus following her trip from GermanyGomba said: “[She] places people at unnecessary risk and as such, we want to call on law enforcement agencies to deal decisively with anyone found to be in contravention of the national state of disaster regulations that have been gazetted.
“Our view is very clear: her rights as a citizen cannot override the rights of all citizens and laws of the land. “Our view is very clear: her rights as a citizen cannot override the rights of all citizens and laws of the land.”on the sidelines, Dr Nozipho Jaxa, provincial health senior manager for training on Covid-19, said: “It's in [patient one's] best interest for her to be isolated in a facility and it is in the interest of the public in a facility. That's the discussion we're having. If the people are unhappy where she is staying, we don't want that discomfort.
“We have identified a disturbing trend of tourists being bussed into B&Bs in the province. As such we have demanded that 11 German tourists, who travelled from KZN and booked at Chintsa over the weekend, be placed under quarantine."She said the lodge's owner told the government that they had let workers go home and would not report to work as from Sunday.
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