He had also spoken to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, who told him 'her government was willing to offer assistance and to learn from SA'.
President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the Covid-19 coronavirus treatment facilities at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on April 24, 2020. Picture: Jerome Delay / POOL / AFP
Ramaphosa joined Premier David Makhura and Health MEC Bandile Masuku for a tour of three of the province’s facilities on Friday, which included a field hospital set up at the Nasrec expo centre, a food bank and Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital. Ramaphosa said he believed other provinces – including the Eastern Cape which has worried Health Minister Zweli Mkhize about its ability to prepare for a potentially large number of coronavirus patients – were working hard to screen and test more people to halt the spread of the virus.
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