As the country gradually opens up and more activities resume, the risk of infection inevitably increases.

Gert Sibande District Municipality (GSDM) is in agreement with the government’s stance that through personal and collective actions, citizens can continue to delay the rate of infections across society.

The Environmental Health Practitioners (EHP) of GSDM are at the front line fighting against the spread of Covid-19 within the district.

In a press release from GSDM they stated: “The national lockdown which started at level 5 bought us valuable time.”

“Our EHPs used the time during the lockdown to prepare and put in place public health measures to minimise infections.

“Numerous municipal health related services were executed and are being executed by the EHPs daily to flatten the curve.”

This according to GSDM, include tracing of contacts and disinfection of public facilities.

During this past week, the EHPs facilitated the distribution of donations received from partners in the private sector.

Read the complete article in the Highvelder Newspaper.