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.
As SA's lockdown took effect over Covid-19, homeless people around the country were rounded up and placed in shelters. For many, the lockdown meant they were forced into sobriety from their drug addiction. A medical team, lead by local doctor Mohammed Siddique Tayob, is helping to treat those struggling with their addiction in Middleburg, Mpumalanga.
With Nelson Mandela Bay's official infection rate sitting at 167, and 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.
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