Minister of Health explains how dynamics will change when Covid-19 hits trains, taxis and informal settlements

A question many have asked: “What will happen when the Covid-19 pandemic hits trains, taxi ranks, and informal settlements?”

Briefing the public and the media, Minister of Health, Zweli Mkhize stated that most of the confirmed cases of Covid-19 came from individuals who had the means to visit countries such as Italy, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States. He stated that the advantage of these cases is that you can get them back into South Africa and quarantine them.

Once this infection begins to spread in the taxi’s, trains and informal settlements, it going to create a new dynamic.

This will mean that the government will need to create quarantine facilities. Mkhize urged MEC’s to start looking at possibilities for quarantine facilities if this should become necessary.

Mkhize clarified that quarantine would mean that some individuals would need to move from their homes into these quarantine sites.

Within the next two to three weeks, Mkhize stated that they will be looking at how everything is panning out in order for them to, at a certain point, be able to make the necessary calls as to whether the current measures set out to curb the spread of Covid-19 are enough to contain the infection.

Mkhize called upon South Africans to form a united force behind government and all the leadership of South Africa because at the end of the day, this outbreak can only be defeated at the level of our communities.

He urged South Africans to practice good hand- and general hygiene to ensure that the virus does not spread.

Watch full briefing here:

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