News24 reports that Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has tested positive for Covid-19, her office announced on Sunday evening. “The MEC is at home for isolation as per the protocol of Covid-19," department spokesperson Judy Ngoloyi indicated.
She added that Gomba had advised all those whom she had come directly into contact with to get tested. "She has begun her isolation period commencing today. She is asymptomatic and will continue with her duties working from home. MEC Gomba would like to urge people to wear their masks, keep social distancing, wash and sanitise their hands frequently," Ngoloyi stated. Gomba's infection comes under a week since Health Minister Zweli Mkhize declared that SA was in a second wave of infections. The Eastern Cape together with the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) are among the provinces identified as second wave hotspots. In a broadcast on Wednesday, Mkhize said the new cases were believed to be due to a large number of parties involving young people drinking alcohol with no adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions. Wearing of masks, social distancing or hand sanitising were apparently not taking place.
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