Gauteng has no plan in place to deal with spike in Covid-19 infections
8 January 2021
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is extremely concerned that the Gauteng Provincial Government has no plan in place to deal with the spike in Covid-19 infections that may occur as many residents return from their holiday destinations.
Furthermore, it is worrying that the Provincial Command Council (PCC) has postponed this week’s meeting indefinitely given that the province is currently one of the Covid hotspots in the country with 315738 positive cases reported on 7th January. It is therefore imperative that a solid plan to deal with the spike in infections is put into place as soon as possible.
In addition, hospitals like Chris Hani Baragwanath and Steve Biko are filled to capacity with Covid-19 patients and cannot cope with a further influx of patients.
By August/September last year, 2000 new beds should have been built in existing hospitals, which would have helped ease the pressure on the hospitals which are currently under pressure.