Gauteng health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku has said that the Gauteng province is now the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.
Masuku said the province welcomed the new regulations announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday, including the immediate suspension of the sale of alcohol and the introduction of the curfew at 9pm, adding that these will help in reducing the spread of the pandemic. The health MEC pointed out that initial modelling had indicated that the province would be the epicentre ahead of others, however, Levels 4 and 5 of the lockdown had assisted in reducing the spread of the disease.
He said, however, that the majority of infected persons in the province were starting to recover, adding that when the number of recoveries slowed down at some point it would become a concern.
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