He added the screening of people was vital, especially with the flu season approaching.
Half of the people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Gauteng did not show symptoms and may have gone around infecting others, said Gauteng Premier David Makhura during a provincial command council briefing on Thursday.
“We will be able to rush to where there is a real crisis before the numbers shoot up overnight. We must be able to see a possible threat or risk as we do more testing and screening.” “We have vaccinated 32,381 public health workers. We can’t afford to have too many of them as we going into the flu season who would not be strengthened. The vaccination programme is important. The elderly are at risk.
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