The Provincial Command Council led by the premier, Job Mokgoro, has issued a stern warning to residents in the province to adhere to regulations such as wearing masks, washing hands or using an alcohol-based sanitiser regularly, amongst others. 

Mokgoro also warned against the abuse of alcohol this Easter weekend. He says this will have a negative impact on the province’s health system, especially the trauma centres.

Mokgoro adds that the command council recently received a Covid-19 epidemiology report from the Department of Health, and it was noted that the province is continuing to observe a decrease in daily positive and active cases.

“It is important to remind and urge members of the public to always avoid crowded places, close-contact settings and confined and enclosed spaces. The Council also welcomed the continued decrease in the number of patients currently admitted in ICU and those on ventilation, and that the province’s current average recovery rate is at 95%. 

"On the province’s vaccine rollout programme, the command council noted that as of 30 March, a total of 16 339 health care workers had been vaccinated and that the seven vaccination sites namely, Brits Hospital, Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital, Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital, Klerksdorp-Tshepong Tertiary Hospital, Life Peglerae Hospital, Mahikeng Provincial Hospital and Moses Kotane Hospital, remain active," he adds.

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