Election campaigns and voting caused no Covid-19 spread: health ministry

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SA's active Covid-19 case numbers are “relatively high” at about 16,000 but “far less than the peak”, health minister Dr Joe Phaahla said on Friday.

12 November 2021 - 10:19First-time voter Sinoxolo Dayimami, 18, queues to cast her vote at Kwamagxaki High School in Gqeberha. The recent local government elections were not super-spreaders of Covid-19 infections, says the minister of health. File photo.Neither campaigning for the election nor voting day itself caused any signs of the super-spreading of Covid-19.

“We were assured by the Electoral Commission that all would be safe, but we did say we were concerned and are now happy that, so far, not a single province or district has shown signs of a spike.” The positivity rate is at an average of 1% and there are about 3,000 people in hospital with Covid-19, 270 of whom are in high care and 400 in ICU.

“Our national team is working with provincial teams to prepare. Our health facilities are preparing, Afrox has contingency plans for oxygen, and bed capacity, equipment, personal protective equipment and other consumables are all receiving attention.”

 

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This is crime against humanity… I’m telling you, Hawu kanti the SOM shouldn’t last more than 21 days? And it it does, it shouldn’t be extended more than 3 months? So Cyril and his command counsel are breaking the constitutional law?

Madness indeed

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