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Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said that food stores are proving to be the new breeding ground for COVID-19.
BLUE LOW – More than 400 supermarket workers have tested positive for coronavirus in the Western Cape, the province that is now the epicenter of the virus with 1,314 infections and 28 deaths.
Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said that food stores are proving to be the new breeding ground for COVID-19.
Meanwhile, more than 100,000 face masks and other protective equipment have been donated to workers in the agricultural sector.
The provincial agriculture department said agricultural workers and those in food processing are as essential as nurses and doctors.
Authorities told members of the provincial legislature on Friday that more resources are being pumped into rural areas with high COVID-19 infections.
MORE THAN 400,000 TESTED IN NORTH CAPE
Nearly 400,000 residents of the North Cape have been screened for coronaviruses. Of these, at least 895 samples have been sent for laboratory tests for the new coronavirus.
The province’s coronavirus cases have remained at 16 for the past two weeks, with no deaths recorded.
The province’s health workers have examined 217,458 people in the Pixley ka Seme District, 21,574 in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District and nearly 40,000 in the ZF Mgcawu District.
In the Frances Baard area, 56,329 residents were screened and 53,052 in the Namaqua region. Six cases of local transmission were diagnosed and involved family members, family friends and an employee of infected people.
An analysis of positive cases collected in the province showed that all coronavirus infections originated in another province or outside the country.
Provincial health officials initially said residents were screened and evaluated at health centers and road blocks, but a mass screening program has now been implemented in the communities.
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