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The government's Covid-19 health helpline was"inundated" with calls - not from people seeking medical advice but rather frustrated Vodacom clients trying to contact the mobile operator's call centre. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa revealed the situation in a gazette on Monday. The document also rectified the situation.
“The authority [Icasa] published notice no. 244 on April 15 to harmonise and mandate the short code ‘111’ for Covid-19 national emergency services, in line with regulation 17 of the numbering plan regulations. It follows that the '111' short code is being used by Vodacom customers to access Vodacom’s customer care centres,” said Icasa in the document.
“Consequently, the national department of health advised that the Covid-19 health communications centres were inundated with calls made by Vodacom customers.” As a result, 111 is no longer being used as the Covid-19 call number. Instead, any of the short codes 103, 104, 105, 106, 118 or 139 will now be used.
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