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Minister Zweli Mkhize Makes Appeal to South African Citizens to Help in Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

Every single South African now needs to focus on adhering to recommendations pertaining to non-pharmaceutical interventions, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.

As Government, we have mobilized every resource, every faculty and wherewithal at our disposal to effect the necessary interventions. But government cannot manage this unilaterally. Every single South African now needs to focus on adhering to recommendations pertaining to non-pharmaceutical interventions, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize has commended.

Our ability to break the cycle of infection depends on our willingness to remain focused and disciplined and take non-pharmaceutical interventions seriously

However, Mkhize said: We are extremely concerned that fatigue seems to have set in and South Africans are letting down their guard at a time when the spread of infection is surging. We see poor or no social distancing in communities. Masks are being abandoned or not worn properly and there is laxity setting in around frequent hand-washing.

This will directly influence the rise in numbers in the next two weeks. We must all appreciate that there is a direct causal link between the surge of cases and our ability, or inability, to ad- here to these very basic principles, Mkhize urged.

Mkhize said: “We do not have a vaccine. We do not have a cure. Our ability to break the cycle of infection depends on our willingness to remain focused and disciplined and take non-pharmaceutical interventions seriously. We can beat this pandemic together. We have already proved this during the lockdown. It remains in each and every citizen’s hands to admonish family members, colleagues, friends. who refuse to adhere to measures that protect lives by limiting the spread of this virus.”

Zwelini Lawrence Mkhize previously served as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Last month, he announced that the isolation period for patients with a confirmed COVID-19 infection has been reduced from 14 to 10 days.

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