NMB Middle-aged residents encouraged to vaccinate
Published: February 15, 2022<< BACK TO NEWS
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is encouraged by the ongoing downward trend in COVID-19 daily infections and deaths as the City has officially exited the fourth wave of infections.
Public Health Portfolio Head, Cllr Thsonono Buyeye, confirmed the good news: the reports presented during the City’s COVID-19 Joint Operating Centre (JOC) meeting on Tuesday, 15 February 2022, indicated that infections and deaths had dropped drastically.
We are happy to be out of the fourth wave officially. We do encourage more residents to get their COVID-19 vaccines, as we have seen that the vaccination rate is still low. We are encouraged to learn that as at yesterday 79 patients recovered from the virus, while only one death was recorded.
"This shows us that COVID-19 is still with us. The age group between 30-34 is still the most infected, as they are more economically active. But it is indeed good news that needs to be noted that daily infections have dropped by 21%, compared to last week’s statistics. A total of 294 active cases were recorded on Monday, with 27 patients hospitalised and five of those patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs),” MMC Buyeye said.
Buyeye urged residents to remain vigilant as the State of Disaster has been extended by a further month, indicating that the fight was not over yet.
"People
must get vaccinated and continue to practise non-pharmaceutical interventions
to protect themselves and those around them,” he added.
Ends.
Issued
on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality by the NMBM Communications
Office.
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