Covid cases surge in Eastern Cape - The Mail & Guardian

As the number of Covid-19 cases rises rapidly in the Eastern Cape, doctors, nurses and paramedics are battling to do their jobs as frontline responders. In less than a month, the province saw an increase from none to more than 300 cases.

He also said that big gatherings such as funerals and people going to shopping centres were a big factor in the increasing numbers. The Daily Dispatch reported on April 18 that that a third of all cases of Covid-19 in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality stem from the KwaDwesi funeral of a retired nurse in March, at which there were about 1200 people despite the ban on gatherings of more than 100 people.

“The hospitals have the problem we have, a lack of gloves and masks. This might not be our manager’s fault but it’s definitely that of the government. We cover a very large area here in Mdantsane, including townships and villages. This is the second biggest township in the country yet no one cares about the work we do or the risk we are putting ourselves and families in,” he said.

According to reports in the Daily Dispatch and The Herald, an angry Mkhize expressed concern that the numbers of Covid-19 cases did not add up. He reportedly sent his deputy director general, Litha Matiwane, to take charge of tracing, screening and testing teams in the city. But this is little consolation to the hundreds of people who think the resources might not trickle down to them. The provincial secretary of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, Khaya Sodidi, said they told their members a week ago to stop working if there is no PPE.

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