The Executive Mayor of the OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape Thokozile Sokanyile has been taken to an isolation site after she tested positive for Covid19.
She is also the Chairperson of the Coronavirus District Command Council.
Every municipal employee who has come into contact with the Mayor will now go for screening and testing.
All members of the public who had been in contact with the Mayor to go for screening, testing and self- quarantine to mitigate the spread of the virus.
The Executive Mayor will be working from the isolation site to hold her meetings and interactions will be done virtually.
She appealed to all leaders and the community at large, to exercise extra caution and to adhere to all COVID-19 regulations.
According to the latest available local stats for the OR Tambo Municipality, 18 people have died in the region as a result of Covid 19.
