CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #101: Decision on schools looms, advice on isolation is revised and professional cricket comes back to life

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CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST 101: Decision on schools looms, advice on isolation is revised and professional cricket comes back to life

The Eagles bowler Andile Phehlukwayo celebrates taking a wicket while supporting the BLM movement during the 3TC Solidarity Cup cricket match played at SuperSport Park, Pretoria, on Saturday 18 July. Andile Phehlukwayo, right, celebrates with AB de Villiers after taking a wicket during the 3TC Solidarity Cup cricket match played at SuperSport Park, Pretoria, on Saturday 18 July.

The empty stadium during the 3TC Solidarity Cup cricket match at SuperSport Park, Pretoria on Saturday 18 July. and cellphones from the cargo section of OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday. Police and security guards arrested seven of the group after a shootout which left four injured and two dead.from 14 days to 10 days, said Health Minister Zweli Mkhize during a press briefing on Friday night.

It is recommended that those with no symptoms isolate for 10 days after testing positive for Covid-19. Those with mild symptoms are advised to isolate for 10 days after the onset of the symptoms, while those who have severe symptoms should isolate for 10 days after becoming stable in hospital. Mkhize emphasised that those who had severe symptoms might not be infectious after those 10 days, but may still not be well enough to return to work.

Mkhize also gave an update on the department’s “Track and Trace system”. The SMS or WhatsApp-based self-service portal called COVIDConnect has been used to alert people of the result of their Covid-19 test and to provide contacts. It connects with those contacts, without saying who it was they interacted with recently that had tested positive. It also has the ability to recommend the closest quarantine or isolation facility and healthcare centre, and works as a screening tool.

Mkhize asked everyone to respond to these messages so that the system covers as many people as possible. Mkhize said the department had consulted with former Constitutional Court Justice Kate O’Regan to make sure the system is within the law when it comes to personal information, confidentiality and individual and data privacy.On Sunday, it was announced that South African casting director and agent Moonyeenn Lee had died the previous day due to Covid-19 complications.

 

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