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'It’s very much through behaviour that we can delay the third wave and reduce the peak of the third wave,’ said Western Cape Health head Dr Keith Cloete.

The director-general in the Health Department, Sandile Buthelezi, told the joint committees on health on Friday the next few weeks would be difficult due to the rising Covid-19 numbers.

In the past 24 hours, about 4 424 new cases have been recorded, which represents a 10.2% positivity rate.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned that if the infection rate continues to rise and spread to other provinces the whole country could be affected by the third wave.

Covid-19: Mkhize warns third wave could hit entire South Africa Share Cape Town - If the infection rate continues to rise and spread to other provinces, the entire country could be affected by the third wave, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned. He told the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) yesterday that some of the provinces were in the third wave. If the infections hit other provinces, the third wave would engulf the country. He called for people to continue using non-pharmaceutical interventions. “As we have recently advised, we have seen the numbers rising again in the various ...