Health Dept instructs provinces to increase COVID testing

CAPE TOWN - The Health Department has instructed provinces to increase the number of coronavirus tests they are administering.

Government on Tuesday gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic, after a case of the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant. Health Minister Joe Phaahla explained that the subvariant was detected in a random coronavirus test sample."We've sent a letter to all provinces and laboratories to increase the level of COVID-19 testing. We've also been advised to reinvigorate the vaccination campaign for COVID-19, that we must step up our communication and our messaging."

The National Institute for Communicable Disease 's Michelle Groome said that the emergence of a new Omicron subvariant was not unexpected. "We have seen with COVID, throughout the three years of the pandemic, we would expect the virus to have new lineages and variants and with Omicron there are many subvariants of Omicron and so the detection of this XBB.1.5 is not unexpected, it has been detected in many other countries - it's been in the US since October."

Fake testing for fake news. Somebody wants to make easy money again. The only virus we need to worry about is the anc.

Nxaay Fok, why bengavali ama plane from China. Non-thinkers

Isn't it the people who decide if they want to test?

When CyrilRamaphosa comes back from the WEF meeting with new instructions zizokhala

There are more important issues at hand.

The orders came from above. Me, in particular. South Africans are far too unafraid. Living their lives without a care! What do they think this is? A fcking picnic? No sir. Here comes the fear mongering.

Increase covid testing so that they'll fake new and more infections... saze savelelwa

So journalist of this country are pay to be consistent in reporting covid

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