{"id":52607,"date":"2020-10-14T16:24:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/premier-met-covid-19-gediagnoseer-20201014\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T07:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:12:04","slug":"premier-met-covid-19-gediagnoseer-20201014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/premier-met-covid-19-gediagnoseer-20201014\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier met Covid-19 gediagnoseer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_5665b7d2\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sisi Ntombela \" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10577\/c65150210df745e788136dbdef97b537.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10577\/33b4f768f0c44be19c4dbefceb205ae3.jpg\" title=\"Premier Sisi Ntombela \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Premier Sisi Ntombela <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Mlungisi Louw\/Netwerk24<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"p\">Die Vrystaate premier, Sisi Ntombela, is Maandag (13\/10) met Covid-19 gediagnoseer. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">In \u2019n nuusverklaring wat Dinsdag uitgereik is, s\u00ea die woordvoerders van die betrokke departemente nog twee hooggeplaastes in die Vrystaatse regering, die LUR vir gesondheid, Montseng Tsiu, en die direkteur-generaal van die Vrystaatse regering, Kopung Ralikontsane is die naweek positief vir die virus getoets.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Ntombela gaan voort met haar werk terwyl sy in isolasie is.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Tsiu ontvang volgens die verklaring mediese behandeling.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Die Vrystaat het nou die meeste gevalle per 100\u2009000 van die bevolking in die provinsie.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Volgens die departement van gesondheid het die Vrystaat Dinsdag(13\/10) 15\u2009902 aktiewe gevalle gehad.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Dr. David Motau, hoof van die Vrystaatse gesondheidsdepartement, het aan <strong>Marietjie Gericke <\/strong>van <em>Volksblad<\/em> ges\u00ea die getalle in die Vrystaat is inderdaad besig om te styg, maar dit is ook die geval in die res van die land. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cAs ons na die Vrystaat se daaglikse nuwe gevalle kyk, sal \u2019n mens skrik, maar as jy na die gemiddeld per week kyk, kom jy agter daar is \u2019n redelike mate van stabiliteit en dit is nie so erg nie.\u201d<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Mondli Mvambi, woordvoerder van die Vrystaatse departement van gesondheid, s\u00ea daar was Maandag 178 nuwe gevalle van Covid-19 in die Vrystaat. Die herstelkoers is nou 70% in die Vrystaat.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Dit is bevestig dat daar teen Maandag altesaam 1\u2009166 mense in die provinsie aan die virus gesterf het. Die meeste van die sterftes kom voor onder mense in die ouderdomsgroep 55 jaar tot 64 jaar.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Dr. Freek Bester, Bloemfonteinse internis, het aan Gericke ges\u00ea hy verwag dat die siekte vir die volgende twee tot vier weke weer \u2019n piek sal bereik. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Dit is omdat die inperking na vlak 1 verlaag is.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDie feit dat die inperkingsmaatre\u00ebls verslap is, beteken egter nie dat mense ook gemakliker moet begin raak nie. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cMense sal nou meer persoonlike maatre\u00ebls moet tref om hulself te beskerm. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDit is belangrik om minder te sosialiseer en om by die regulasies te bly. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDra maskers, was gereeld hande en hou \u2019n sosiale afstand selfs wanneer jy gaan uiteet.\u201d<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Ntombela s\u00ea in die verklaring die groot uitdaging is dat daar gemeenskappe is wat nie die regulasies volg nie en wat hul eie en ander se lewe in gevaar stel. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDit is belangrik om daarop te let dat baie mense wat die virus opgedoen het, nie simptome toon nie en steeds ander kan aansteek. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">\u201cDit is belangrik dat ons keer dat daar nie \u2019n nuwe vlaag of vinnige toename in infeksies is nie.\u201d<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Mense wat positief vir die virus toets en nie veilig by die huis kan isoleer nie, kan navraag doen oor veilige en gratis regerings-isolasiegeriewe.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Rig navrae by die Covid-19 inbelnommer deur 0800-535-554 te skakel.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drie hooggeplaastes van die Vrystaat se regering, onder andere die Vrystaatse Premier, Sisi Ntombela,  is met Covid-19 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