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WC health boss grilled over CTICC field hospital, second wave peak and more 30 December 2020 1:27 PM Share This: The Western Cape s Head of Health Dr. Keith Cloete explains why the CTICC Covid-19 field hospital won t be resurrected for the second wave. Many Capetonians have been asking if the field hospital at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) would be rebuilt in the midst of a second wave of Covid-19 infections. Dr. Cloete says there is no need to bring back the CTICC field hospital because additional bed capacity has been created at existing health facilities across the Western Cape. The CTICC was transformed into a temporary Covid-19 hospital facility in May and welcomed its first patients in early June. ....
It s early days but Garden Route may have reached its Covid-19 peak - Dr. Cloete 10 December 2020 11:13 AM Share This: The Western Cape s Head of Health Dr. Keith Cloete says there are early signs that the Garden Route may have passed the peak of its Covid-19 infections. Dr. Cloete says a declining rate of daily infections suggests that the Garden Route may have passed its peak. However, he warns that the situation could change if people don t behave responsibly. The percentage increase day-on-day is starting to ease in Garden Route. But any superspreader event, any new introduction can just explode that [situation] again. ....