He read the riot act to health MEC after the department was exposed as hopelessly ill-prepared
Health minister Zweli Mkhize, accompanied by Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, briefs journalists on the dire situation in the province and Nelson Mandela Bay.Furious with the Eastern Cape government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nelson Mandela Bay, health minister Zweli Mkhize has taken charge by sending a senior director to lead the tracing, screening and testing teams in the city.
Among the challenges were that hospitals were full, there was a dire shortage of staff, and an urgent need for personal protective equipment for health staff. With Nelson Mandela Bay’s official infection rate at 167, with six deaths, Mkhize – who announced the updated figures after the meetings – believes the numbers are vastly understated.
Mkhize said Matiwane would be deployed to the metro, where he would be responsible for providing leadership and pulling together a strong, coherent response to be followed by the teams undertaking tracing, screening and testing. He said Black had told them about two children, aged nine and 11, who had been orphaned after Covid-19 killed their parents, both under 50. “They are left with a 23-year-old, who is also infected,” he said.“A family in Walmer township – there are six to eight people in one family who are infected.”
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