Covid-19
Limpopo’s Covid-19 screening programme surges ahead of other provinces
The province has deployed a team of more than 10,000 people to conduct household screening
Limpopo’s health department has screened 2.7-million people for Covid-19, a staggering figure that matches the combined tally of all the other provinces bar the Eastern Cape, it emerged on Monday.
The government moved swiftly after SA confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus on March 5, first imposing sweeping restrictions on trade, travel and social gatherings and then imposing a five week national lock down that began on March 27. These measures were accompanied by a massive national screening and testing drive, aided by the deployment of 28,000 field workers. As of Sunday, SA had reported 4,546 cases and 87 deaths..
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