“It is possible to turn things around. There shouldn’t be any health worker affected,” Mkhize said.
He the “real war” was tracing of contacts of people who had tested positive for Covid-19.
Mkhize added that the department of health was partnering with an NGO to do a “mop up” to test patients after they complete their 14-day quarantine.
He further noted that they were talking to hotels around airports to provide quarantine facilities.
“At the moment there’s no vaccine available. Now and again, in the public arena someone stands up and says there’s a vaccine available,” Mkhize said.
He said SA will participate in a vaccine trial in June but it would take at least 18 months for a vaccine to be available.