Health Minister Zweli Mhkize says it is inevitable that South Africa will also will experience a second wave of covid-19 infections, but he says the country is now better prepared to deal with another surge in infections. Mhkize says the country has, in collaboration with the WHO, deployed surge-response teams to help monitor the pandemic on ground-level.

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