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Western Cape residents urged to be cautious as third wave peak is about to hit

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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