Stay at home: Western Cape government asks residents to avoid braais and gatherings as cases surge

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On Friday the department said its surveillance teams had picked up that many cluster outbreaks were a result of small social gatherings rather than mass gatherings.

The Western Cape has urged residents to stay at home amid a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases.If you had planned a family braai or dinner this weekend, it would be safer to cancel it.

“It is very important to note that even if you are not attending a social gathering but you are outside your family bubble and come into contact with people outside your bubble, the risk exists for you to pick up the virus,” the department warned. “Let’s be vigilant this weekend and, where possible, avoid places and spaces where we might interact with people outside our immediate circle to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 and flatten the curve.

The province said that despite the short supply of vaccines, it will be vaccinating as many people as possible in the next week.“This is again fewer vaccines than we hoped for. These vaccines, along with the remaining vaccines from this week, will be used to vaccinate as many people as we can in the coming week. We anticipate we will have 155 active vaccination sites during the week to come,” the health department said.

 

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