COVID-19: Gauteng to get intervention team as cases upsurge
Gauteng province is set to get an intervention team as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in the province.
Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane had a vaccination site visit at the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Academic hospital in Soweto on Saturday, 12 June.
‘GAUTENG COVID-19 NUMBERS A WORRY’
On Wednesday, 9 June, the province accounted for 58% of the 8 881 new infections that were picked up.
During the briefing, Kubayi-Ngubane said that non-compliance from the public increases pressure on the health system such as hospitals.
“When you look at the past three days, you would see that the numbers are reflected in Gauteng are a worry and there are areas in terms of specifically Johannesburg where we need to make a serious intervention in terms of that.
“We will be able to send an intervention team into Gauteng that will assist us with the human capital to support the province in managing the pandemic. We are paying attention to the capacity of the province in terms of hospital beds.”
Gauteng Health Minister, David Makhura also said that there is an increase in the number of people succumbing to COVID-19 in the province.
“Level 2 as we have it now is not having a sufficient impact. People are going as if we really, really not in the middle of a raging pandemic. At this point, we usually increase existing bed capacity and extra bed capacity.
“The reports we have been getting from the private sector colleagues is that the system is under pressure. Extremely under pressure at the moment in the private sector and that pressure is now shifting to the public health system. We can feel that pressure based on the hospital admissions.”
The Chris Hani-Baragwanath Academic hospital is the first vaccination centre that will now operate on weekends in Gauteng.
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