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- The Gauteng Health Department has prioritized contact tracing of students who attended the Ballito Rage Festival.
- The department says that more than 1,300 Gauteng students attended the event.
- Since then, the festival has been branded a wide-spread event after numerous people in attendance tested positive for Covid-19.
The Gauteng Health Department has prioritized contact tracing for students from the province who recently attended the Ballito Rage Festival in KwaZulu-Natal.
On Tuesday, the department confirmed that more than 1,300 Gauteng students participated in the highly publicized blockbuster event.
Several participants tested positive for Covid-19.
“We reiterate the call made by the national Health Ministry that everyone who attended the Rage events should be quarantined for 14 days and urgently undergo testing,” the department said in a statement.
“Those who test positive must isolate themselves for a mandatory 10 days. It should be noted that the family contacts of the [who] the positive test must also be tested and must be quarantined. “
“Was it worth the risk of catching Covid (sic)? I must say yes.” This is a comment from an attendee at the Ballito Rage Festival for Enrollees, which took place in KwaZulu-Natal from November 27 to December 4, posted on Instagram. | @BraGrobbies https://t.co/6xhxJSHYhj
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Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi said: “Our contact tracing team is working 24 hours a day to track down all students who participated in Rage events. It is important that everyone is tested and monitored until the doctors authorize them. “
The department said the need to remain vigilant could never be overstated, given that “Covid-19 is still with us and the fight against this pandemic is far from over; therefore, we all have a role to play.”
READ | All Rage Festival events postponed ‘until further notice’
Large social gatherings such as weddings, year-end functions, funerals and religious activities, and places like shopping malls and restaurants, including establishments where lockdown regulations are ignored, continue to be super-spreaders of the coronavirus.
Mokgethi added: “We continue to plead with members of society that in the absence of the vaccine for Covid-19, wearing a mask and adhering to other non-pharmaceutical interventions remains the most effective tool to keep the virus at bay. The spread of Covid -19 requires a collective effort from all members of the community, which is why the department urges members of the public to protect themselves and others by avoiding the ‘three Cs’: confined spaces, crowded places, and close contact environments “.
The department asked members of the public to continue to adhere to non-pharmaceutical interventions by maintaining a safe physical distance, wearing a mask, regularly washing their hands with soap and water or disinfecting with an alcohol-based sanitizer, and avoiding large gatherings.
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