Tshwane ramps up Covid fight as cases show decline
“This follows the metro’s continued analytical exercise that zooms into all its townships and suburbs to determine where the spike of Coronavirus is with a vision of instituting informed health programmes and awareness interventions.”
The metro is to target areas identified as hotspots where the pandemic has been wreaking havoc with residents’ lives.
The new strategy is to embark on a ward-based outreach campaign in regions 1, 2, 3 and 7 in the metro.
The metro said in a statement that this followed continuous analytical exercise that zoomed into all its townships and suburbs to determine where the spike of coronavirus was with a vision to institute informed health programmes and awareness interventions.
The Covid-19 education drive was aimed at engaging the communities and spreading the message on the regulations, compliance, symptoms, isolation and quarantine measures.
“The campaign is spearheaded by the city’s command council in partnership with sister departments such as health, metro police, office of the mayor, office of the speaker, community and social development services department, group communication, marketing and events and external partners such as taxi associations, malls and shopping centers.”
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Details of Monday’s screening and testing campaign are as follows:
8 February
Venue: Kwagga Centre (Stanza Bopape, formerly Church Street)
Time: 09:00
Region: 3
The rest of the week’s programme is as follows:
9 February
Venue: Hammanskraal taxi rank next to U-Save/Rens Town
Time: 09:00
Region: 2
10 February
Venue: Akasia hall (Wonderpark)
Time: 09:00
Region: 1
11 February
Venue: Ekangala Section D
Time: 09:00
Region: 7
12 February
Venue: Atteridgeville, next to the police station
Time: 09:00
Region: 3
The Tshwane mayor Randall Williams also welcomed the relaxed lockdown regulations as Covid-19 cases in the metro continued to decline.
“The capital has continued to witness another week-on-week decline in the number of active cases.
“The recent numbers from Tuesday indicate a significant drop and change in the spread of the virus. Ensuring that we protect our economy is imperative in the months to come. We must be agile in our response to the pandemic and use a data-centric approach in determining our interventions,” Williams said.
He said Tshwane officials would continue to monitor and track the spread of Covid-19 and provide feedback to residents.
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