Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor, is hosting a media briefing on the latest water test results in Hammanskraal.
The Pretoria north town has been the epicentre of the #CholeraOutbreak
Brink is joined by several other municipal officials. TCG
Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor, says the #CholeraOutbreak has led to a breach of trust between government and communities.
He said they are working hard to mend that trust. TCG
Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor, said the source of the #CholeraOutbreak has still not been found.
He said the city is testing all its water sources.
Brink emphasises that traces of cholera have not been found at the Rooiwal waste water treatment plant. TCG
Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor, said the municipality’s primary goals is to find the source of the cholera, provide water to Hammanskraal and assist families of the deceased. TCG
Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor, said today’s briefing is to fill the vacuum of information in terms of what the municipality has been doing in terms of contact tracing, water testing and other responses to the cholera outbreak. TCG
Officials from the #Choleraoutbreak Disaster Management Centre is now giving a presentation on its latest work.
Over the last 24 hours there has been 23 new cholera cases however no deaths. TCG
Kanana in Hammanskraal has been identified as the epicentre of the #CholeraOutbreak with the highest number of cases.
A mobile healthcare centre has been set-up in the area. TCG
So far, a total of 157 water samples have been collected with 45 showing no positive traces of cholera.
The water samples have been taken from schools, rivers, foods, funeral parlours, swabs (people) and other sources. TCG
These are the water tankers that have been sampled and they had no traces of cholera. TCG
The #CholeraOutbreak Disaster Operating Centre has also activated police to be on the look-out for water un-authorised delivery of water.
Only water tankers approved by the municipality are allowed to distribute water in Hammanskraal. TCG
Contact tracing for the #CholeraOutbreak remains a major concern for the Disaster Operations Centre with many people not providing their physical address. TCG
Kwena Nkoko, Acting Chief Operations Officer in Tshwane Health Department, said the water testing results are approved by several scientific bodies. TCG
Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor, said un-authorised water tankers selling water to the people Hammanskraal will face prosecution.
He said the municipality cannot verify where they are getting their water from. TCG
Kwena Nkoko, Acting Chief Operations Officer in the Tshwane Health Department, said it is too early to determine trends on the #CholeraOutbreak .
He said he hopes that work being done on the ground will see cases drop over the next weeks. TCG
Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor said the capital city spends between R350 - R400 million a year on hiring water tankers.
“It is simply too much,” he said, TCG
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