Health Department Deputy Director-General Yogan Pillay said while the COVID-19 infection rate in the country was slower than expected, South Africans should not be complacent.
So far, at least 39,500 tests have been conducted while the department’s preparing to ramp this up drastically in the coming weeks.
Minister Zweli Mkhize said five people have died of the virus while over 1,353 infections have been confirmed.
Pillay said testing would be fast-tracked in the next coming days: “We are testing people with symptoms who are coming to our facilities or going to GPs to get tested. We are testing, so the numbers are going to increase… to help us identify those who are positive and isolate them so we contain the spread of the disease.”
In other news – Kaizer Chiefs star Khama Billiat attacked for donating to South Africa instead of Zimbabwe in fight against Coronavirus
Looking at the bad situation Zimbabwe is in right now, people expected if the player could donate, he would have considered where he comes from first, before anything.
South African based Zimbabwean footballer Khama Billiat has again hogged headlines following sensational reports that he has ‘betrayed’ his country. continue reading
Source: EWN
