Tech bus used to trace and test for Covid-19 in Ekurhuleni
By IOL Reporter
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Johannesburg – The partnership between the Department of Health and Shout-It-Now, a non-profit organisation, which sponsored its technology-enabled bus for Covid-19 early detection efforts in the Ekurhuleni metro, was a boost for the region.
The organisation said the bus was a big help in efforts to curb the spread of the virus in Ekurhuleni during the second wave.
The bus was used to test those returning to the province from January 1-15.
Department of Health data shows that there were more than 22 000 Covid-19-related deaths from December 1 to January 31, which means in just two months there were more deaths than in the first eight months of the virus being in South Africa – March to November 2020 – when just over 21 900 people died.