{"id":52407,"date":"2020-06-18T06:02:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T04:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/slaggereed-vir-stygende-gevalle-20200617-2\/"},"modified":"2020-06-18T06:02:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T04:02:41","slug":"slaggereed-vir-stygende-gevalle-20200617-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/slaggereed-vir-stygende-gevalle-20200617-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Slaggereed vir stygende gevalle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>I<\/span>N die lig van die jongste syfers van by-kans 10 600 aangetekende Covid-19 gevalle in die Oos-Kaap is dit kommerwekkend dat die inwoners van die distrik nie by die inperkingregulasies hou nie.<\/p>\n<p>Horatio Hendricks, burgemeester van die Kouga-munisipaliteit, s\u00ea: \u201cOns is baie bekommerd dat mense nie by die regulasies hou nie. Ons werk tans aan planne om die sigbaarheid van polisie en munisipale wetstoepassers, insluitende verkeersbeamptes, op te skerp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBewusmakingsveldtogte gaan ook van stapel gestuur word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Volgens die Departement van Gesondheid se jongste syfers (15 Junie 2020) is daar tans 10 597 aangetekende Covid-19 positiewe gevalle in die Oos-Kaap. <\/p>\n<p>Die gevalle in die Sarah Baartman-distrik is reeds op 333, terwyl 45 hiervan in die Kouga-munisipaliteit aangeteken is. <\/p>\n<p>Met Loerie en Hankey bygevoeg, lyk die uiteensetting s\u00f3:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeffreysbaai: vyf aktief, nege herstel<\/li>\n<li>St. Francisbaai: een aktief, twee herstel<\/li>\n<li>Hankey: twee aktief, twee herstel<\/li>\n<li>Humansdorp: vyf aktief, 11 herstel<\/li>\n<li>Patensie: een aktief<\/li>\n<li>Loerie: vier aktief<\/li>\n<li>Thornhill: drie aktief<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>N\u00f3g geen sterftes is in die Kouga-streek aangeteken nie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gereed<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Is die gebied slaggereed om stygende Covid-19 gevalle te hanteer?<\/p>\n<p>Die <em>Kouga Express<\/em> het verskeie navrae gerig aan die Departement van Gesondheid. Teen druktyd was daar steeds geen terugvoer nie.<\/p>\n<p>Elders in die provinsie by verskeie hospitale, is grootskaalse tekorte aan beskermde drag ondervind en is daar \u2019n ho\u00eb voorkoms van Covid-19 gevalle onder gesondheidswerkers.<\/p>\n<p>Die <em>Kouga Express<\/em> berig in di\u00e9 uitgawe oor die goeie nuus dat die Gamtoosvallei met \u2019n isolasie-eenheid spog wat deur die plaaslike gemeenskap self ingerig is (sien bladsy 3).<\/p>\n<p>Volgens Dr. Charl van Loggerenberg van die Life Isivivana Private Hospitaal in Humansdorp is di\u00e9 instansie gerat vir moontlike Covid-19 gevalle, maar daar is tot dusver nie enige pasi\u00ebnte met di\u00e9 virus in die hospitaal opgeneem nie. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife Isivivana volg die protokols en riglyne van die Departement van Gesondheid en die Nasionale Instituut vir Aanmeldbare Siektes (NICD), terwyl ons ons voortdurend vergewis van die jongste verwikkelinge om ons pasi\u00ebnte \u00e9n ons werknemers en dokters die beste moontlike versorging te bied,\u201d s\u00ea Van Loggerenberg.<\/p>\n<p>Die privaatgedeelte van die hospitaal het \u2018n vierbed-eenheid wat aan Covid-19 pasi\u00ebnte toegewys is, maar pasi\u00ebnte wat noodsorg benodig sal na die Life Mercantile of Life St George Hospitaal in Port Elizabeth oorgeplaas word. <\/p>\n<p>Van Loggerenberg staaf dat die hospitaalbestuur alles in hul vermo\u00eb doen om perso-neel deeglik voor te berei, \u00e9n gewaardeer te laat voel. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoos mens met enige pandemie te wagte kan wees, is dit normaal om angstig en bekommerd te voel. 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