'Our people in the Western Cape are frightened. They are especially, especially concerned. What is happening in the Western Cape is not at all good.'
‘Our people in the Western Cape are frightened. They are especially, especially concerned. What is happening in the Western Cape is not at all good.’
This after several ANC MPs expressed their concern to the department of health at Wednesday’s meeting of the portfolio committee on health and the select committee on health and social services. ANC MP Tshilidzi Munyai wanted the national government to intervene in the DA-governed Western Cape’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.“We can’t allow the Western Cape to behave differently. We are a unitary government. Each and every province must toe the line.”So was Maurencia Gillion, chairperson of the select committee.
The department’s chief operating officer Gail Andrews said they had had a number of meetings with the Western Cape’s department of health to determine an approach to assist them. They had done the same with other provinces. She said they had data on when to expect peaks in each province, and plan accordingly.She said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize was “very keen” to send a team to assist the Western Cape, together with the “Cuban brigade”.
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