Makhura says it’s up to public to help Gauteng weather Covid-19 storm via TheCitizen_News
Makhura was speaking at BMW South Africa in Midrand on Monday, where he attended the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the car manufacturer, along with the German government. Gauteng Department of Health MEC Bandile Masuku was also at the signing, which will see over 700 additional beds given to identified hospitals across the province.
Makhura said the province had already been working on placing over 2 000 additional beds in its key hospitals in the north, south, west and centre of the province. “We are doing everything to ensure that we slow down the spread, but we overcome in the end. I want to use this opportunity to say that government, in partnership with the private sector, can only do so much. A lot more can be done by ordinary people in the communities themselves,” he said.
Speaking on behalf of the health department, Makhura said communities should brace themselves for the peak – but it should not be viewed as a tragedy. He said the province was fortunate that the active cases were not necessarily in need of medical attention.
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