To date, 1,799,704 people have been screened and 25,838 tested in the province.
Covid-19 testing will be offered to all vulnerable groups in Gauteng as the province hits 1,661 cases, 1,026 recoveries and 14 deaths.
“From now onwards, testing will be offered to all vulnerable groups who are most at risk of contracting the coronavirus,” Gauteng Department of Health spokesperson Kwara Kekana said in a statement on Tuesday. “These include older people, and people with other medical conditions [such as asthma, diabetes or heart disease],” she added.“Until now, tests were mainly done on people who exhibited flu-like symptoms: fever, tiredness, difficulty breathing and dry cough, including history of travel or having been in contact with someone who was confirmed positive,” Kekana said.
Premier David Makhura has committed the province to screening five million people by the end of July 2020, and to ramp up testing to 3,000 people daily.Of the 8,781 contacts traced, 6,179 people have completed the 14-day monitoring period with no symptoms reported and were subsequently de-isolated.
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