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Eastern Cape Health MEC, Sindiswa Gomba says she will submit a proposal to Premier Lubabalo Mabuyane that will hopefully help to flatten the curve of COVID-19 in the province.
Provincial health department spokesperson, Siswe Kupelo says there has been a worrying trend of people breaking the lockdown regulations.
He says these include more than 50 people allowed to attend funerals, or people continuing to hold sports tournaments and traditional ceremonies.
Kupelo says, as a result, the MEC will submit a proposal to the Premier on how funerals should be conducted, and they hope the Premier will escalate the proposal to put a moratorium on funerals.
He says the MEC will propose that there should be no tents or catering at funerals and that only family members and people from the funeral parlour should attend.
The department is specifically concerned with funerals in rural areas and townships, as scores of people visit the bereaved family for prayer services and to offer condolences.
