Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says it is evident that there is a cross-border transmission of Covid-19 between the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape, and this has to be handled holistically.
Dr Mkhize was speaking in East London on Monday on his second visit to the Eastern Cape.
He said the two neighbouring provinces were intricately linked through the movement of people and goods along trade routes and it was therefore obvious that the high number of infections in the Western Cape would have an impact on the Eastern Cape.
The Minister said he was pleased to hear that the Premiers of the two provinces had been in contact to discuss how to manage the "spillover" between their areas.
He added that some of the more than 200 Cuban doctors seconded to South Africa, would be deployed in the two provinces because of their strength in community health work.
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