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Gauteng Prime Minister David Makhura is of the opinion that if the province can achieve compliance at Level 4 of the blockade, it will move to Level 3 “much faster”.
“If we cannot meet at Level 4 and move to Level 3, we will be overwhelmed,” Makhura said in a virtual briefing on Thursday.
“I would like the people of our province to know that the higher the level of compliance with all the measures in Level 4, we will move to Level 3 much faster.”
Makhura’s comments came after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Wednesday that parts of the country would move to Level 3 of the risk-adjusted strategy by the end of the month.
The parts of the country moving to Level 3 have yet to be announced.
Ramaphosa, in his announcement, also warned that there will be more relaxations with a higher risk, as more people interact with each other and more vigilance will be required, News24 reported.
Makhura said the province would like to move to Level 3, but that it should be “realistic.”
“As the country’s economic center, we would like the economy to open up; we know the full impact it has on the livelihoods of millions of people, many of whom came to Gauteng for economic reasons to earn an income and feed families.” . Makhura explained.
The prime minister added that the next two weeks would be crucial as the province monitored compliance with its critical points.
“We can only get to level 3 with a lot of sweat that we put into level 4; there is no magic about it,” he added.
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Makhura said the province was not enjoying the closure of the economy, but when the economy opened, steps had to be taken to ensure that the environment was not harmful to people.
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“I don’t want anyone to think that we are enjoying the fact that the economy is closed. We are not enjoying being at Level 4, we would like to move to Level 3, but we are realistic people.”
“For example, I want to go to my haircut and make sure that the small team complies. I want to be sure of these contact businesses, we want them to be open, but measures must be taken to protect people,” he concluded. .
As of Thursday, May 14, 2020, the province had the second highest number of cases nationwide: 2,074, with 1,547 recoveries and 24 deaths.
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