Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane and the MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Gabisile Tshabalala, have tested positive for COVID-19 this week.<\/p>\n
According to a statement, the Premier developed flu-like symptoms on Sunday and was tested to establish the cause of her symptoms.<\/p>\n
She received her results on Wednesday, confirming she had contracted the virus.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Premier has been in precautionary isolation since Sunday and will continue to monitor her health,\u201d said the Office of the Premier.<\/p>\n
Mtshweni-Tsipane is said to be in good spirits, even though she only has mild symptoms and will continue to execute her duties remotely.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a precautionary measure, the Premier has also communicated news of her test to all contacts from the last seven days,\u201d Mtshweni-Tsipane\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Tshabalala obtained her results on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
The MEC is currently in self-isolation at home, where she is following all the required precautions, as outlined by a medical practitioner.<\/p>\n
The MEC will continue to work from home.<\/p>\n
Mtshweni-Tsipane also expressed concern about increasing COVID-19 infections in the province.<\/p>\n
According to the latest data, Mpumalanga has a total of 27 376 infections and 561 deaths. A total 41 fatalities were recorded in the province on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Premier has urged residents to take the virus seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the second MEC to test positive, including myself, in the space of a week,\u201d said the Premier.<\/p>\n
The MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Pat Ngomane, also tested positive for the virus on Saturday and is currently self-isolating.<\/p>\n
The Premier urged residents be extra vigilant and to wear their facemasks and wash their hands vigorously with soap and use sanitiser.<\/p>\n
\u201cMake sure you practice social distancing,\u201d the Premier said. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane and the MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Gabisile Tshabalala, have tested positive for COVID-19 this week. According to a statement, the Premier developed flu-like symptoms on Sunday and was tested to establish the cause of her symptoms. She received her results on Wednesday, confirming she had contracted the virus. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-167443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}