Covid-19 outbreaks after KZN church gatherings
Religious congregations are being asked to be extra vigilant amid the second wave of Covid-19.
The plea by The Leadership Conference of the Consecrated Life SA came after the virus claimed the lives of six nuns at a Catholic convent in Port Shepstone.
The elderly women from the Daughters of St Francis of Asisi Convent were aged between 75 and 88.
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According to officials, they passed away over the course of the past week. They were laid to rest on Saturday. Fifteen other sisters are said to be critically ill.
"This is a result of a gathering that was held at that church. There have been requests in this instance from the catholic church to say if they could be provided with sanitizers and masks. We will be looking into that," says KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane Zulu.
Premier Sihle Zikalala says there was another cluster outbreak after 2 000 people protested at the KwaSizabantu Mission in Umzinyathi District.
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