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Gauteng records more than 800 cases of COVID-19 since outbreak: Masuku

Bandile Masuku says the mass screening programme announced by the President is progressing well but there is concern over the spread of the infection in densely populated areas.has expressed concern over the increase in local transmissions of the coronavirus in the province.Masuku says the mass screening programme announced by the President is progressing well, but there is concern over the spread of the infection in densely populated areas.

“We are seeing Johannesburg being an epicentre of the infections in Gauteng and we are working with the municipality to make sure that we are able to deal with the numbers. We have seen quite a decline in the numbers of imported infections. Now we are seeing more of local transmissions.” “The areas that we are fearful of are those highly densely populated areas like your informal settlements, Diepsloot, Alexandra and all the other areas like that.” The interesting aspect about our health workers who have been infected they have not got the infection through where they work most of them they have actually got the infections in their social circles outside the health facilities.

Mkhize says the total number of confirmed cases has increased to 2028. The total number of tests conducted to date is 75 053. The latest death is of a 61-year-old man from the Western Cape with underlying conditions of diabetes, hypertension and obesity.

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It is quite stupid to say ‚record‘. Now everyday is a record ?

Hayi this is bad really😓

Too bad

Yeap, let’s keep pushing with those tests guys. Our country needs this to survive 🙏

can we go to work during this lockdown. i find the call from my boss .he says i mast cam to work during this lockdown

We must build a wall that devides GP from other provinces, we can't be infected by people who doesn't respect the president's mandate, we busy sitting home and at the same time their busy up and down

Yet that Gauteng Liqour Board wants opening of tavern so the State struggles to combat disruptive

True

Kubi eGoli

SA the minister of health says you have to be infected with the virus to be immune from the virus! Why don’t we just all get out there infect each other and be immune? Why the lockdown ?

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