This includes the elderly and those with underlying conditions, health minister Zweli Mkhize has hinted.
In addition to efforts to increase hospital beds in the province Mkhize said special focus will be directed to the province’s most vulnerable: those with comorbidities.
“Out of that process they will then be visited and be tested before they even get sick or before they get infected, so that we are able to really move ahead of the infection curve,” he said. The 60-bed Covid-19 hospital in Khayelitsha is expected to treat residents of this township closer to their homes. But with the increase in hospital beds in this province there's now a dire need for additional healthcare workers.Among the issues that Mkhize, Western Cape premier Alan Winde and the Western Cape health heads discussed included testing and staffing.
As a result of the sheer number of positive cases, Mkhize said resources have been shifted in the country. The Western Cape will be prioritised in testing when the country gets adequate supplies of testing kits.
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