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With a national backlog in Covid-19 tests, the Western Cape is prioritising testing for the most high-risk groups, for now.These groups include people who are already in hospital, healthcare workers, people older than 55 and people who have comorbidities.Premier Alan Winde has pleaded for patience as they wait for more test kits to become available.The…

pic.twitter.com/CIl9xIDN6E— FS Government (@fsgov) May 18, 2020The capital city made headlines earlier this year when, following a church gathering at the Divine Restoration Ministries in March, at least 67 people tested positive for Covid-19.READ HERE | UN chief in full support of SA government's 'strong, necessary' measures against Covid-19Earlier in the day, Ntombela's counterpart in…

Eastern Cape, were still not ready to start the process, while Gauteng and the Western Cape reportedly indicated that they were.The unions said the report from the department covered the first part of the reopening which entailed staff going to back to work and putting in place non-negotiables ahead of pupils' return.LoopholesHowever, there were various…