The South African Medical Research Council has advised people who are sickly or at high risk of Covid-19 complications to consider wearing face masks after it noticed a spike in Covid-19 traces in several wastewater treatment plants in the Western Cape.
The Western Cape health department has seen an increase in Covid-19 concentration in 22 of 24 water treatment plants in Cape Town and all four treatment plants in the Breede Valley. Stock photo.The South African Medical Research Council has advised people who are sickly or at high risk of Covid-19 complications to consider wearing face masks after it noticed an increase in Covid-19 traces in several wastewater treatment plants in the Western Cape.
Such an increase has not been observed in Gauteng, northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, the Eastern Cape and the Free State, which are in the SAMRC programme. The Western Cape health department confirmed it has also seen an increase in Covid-19 concentration in the 22 of 24 water treatment plants in Cape Town and all four treatment plants in the Breede Valley.
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