Covid-19 Updates

Makhura vows to escalate COVID-19 testing in Gauteng’s informal settlements

The Gauteng government said it would escalate the rate of screening and testing for COVID-19 in the next few days with the deployment of more than 4,000 trained community health workers at 69 facilities.

Speaking at the launch of the mass mobilization campaign at the Setswetla informal settlement in Alexandra on Tuesday, Premier David Makhura said the program would target the most densely populated areas.

“We are watching very, very closely the townships where there is high-density populations and areas like Setswetla informal settlement where we have a case of COVID-19.”

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.

Khama Billiat

South African based Zimbabwean footballer Khama Billiat has again hogged headlines following sensational reports that he has ‘betrayed’ his country. continue reading

Source: EWN