Premier Alan Winde has urged residents to continue to adhere to the newly-announced level three lockdown regulations, to avoid a further spread of covid-19.

Speaking during the weekly digicon yesterday, he said it will now be a province-wide effort to keep the spread of the virus to a minimum.

He says with the province that has now nearing the peak of its third-wave of the pandemic, pressure on health-care systems should be kept to a minimum.

Winde says the Western Cape will, in the next 2 weeks, again see a significant influx of vaccine doses which will see the current vaccine constraint soon becoming something of the past.

He says focus will, for now, be on vaccinating those in vulnerable groups with their first and second doses.

Access the full briefing here:

• US donates more than 6-million doses of Pfizer-vaccine to SA.
• The Western Cape has now exceeded 1 million Covid-19 vaccinations administered.
• 70% of Western Cape healthcare workers vaccinated.

1/7 While we are continuing to see a plateauing of new COVID-19 infections below the peak of the second wave, we are still seeing an increase in hospitalisations in public facilities and deaths province-wide. Statement https://t.co/SfOvLLpi5L pic.twitter.com/2tCmAncAYh

— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) July 29, 2021

1/3 I call on residents to continue practicing the lifesaving behaviours that we have learnt over the past year to protect our loved ones, particularly those who are at high-risk. #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/BWMvRIZp1g

— Premier Alan Winde (@alanwinde) July 29, 2021