{"id":200532,"date":"2021-09-02T11:53:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T09:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cabinet-notes-decline-in-covid-19-hospital-admissions-hike-in-infection-reproduction-rates\/"},"modified":"2021-09-02T11:53:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T09:53:16","slug":"cabinet-notes-decline-in-covid-19-hospital-admissions-hike-in-infection-reproduction-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cabinet-notes-decline-in-covid-19-hospital-admissions-hike-in-infection-reproduction-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet notes decline in COVID-19 hospital admissions, hike in infection reproduction rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202109\/hospitalbed.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>While acknowledging the decline in new COVID-19 infections, hospital admissions and reported deaths, Cabinet has noted the increase in infection reproduction rates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said the executive received a progress report on the vaccination rollout programme from the Department of Health.<\/p>\n<p>The update, he said, included epidemiology &#8211; the branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health &#8211; and surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCabinet noted the decline in new infections, as well as hospital admissions and reported death cases. Cabinet however noted the increase in infection reproduction rates,\u201d he said at a media briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health he said, has assured Cabinet that more work is being done \u201cto understand and contain the reported school cluster outbreaks, particularly in the Eastern Cape\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet also appealed to parents, learners and school governing bodies to ensure strict adherence to the wearing of masks, ventilation, social distancing and handwashing hygiene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrict adherence to the non-pharmaceutical health protocols remains the most effective defence against the spread of the virus,\u201d said Gungubele.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By 31 August, the country had administered 12&nbsp;568&nbsp;525 COVID-19 vaccine doses across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said the increased number of vaccination sites, extended vaccination days and the provision of free transport by provinces would result in a significant increase in the number of people who will be fully vaccinated. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While acknowledging the decline in new COVID-19 infections, hospital admissions and reported deaths, Cabinet has noted the increase in infection reproduction rates.&nbsp; Addressing the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said the executive received a progress report on the vaccination rollout programme from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200533,"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-200532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cabinet-notes-decline-in-covid-19-hospital-admissions-hike-in-infection-reproduction-rates.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200532","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=200532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}