The ministry of health has said community transmission of coronavirus is a challenge that requires ‘stringent’ lockdown measures to stop the virus from further spreading.
The ministry on Wednesday released its situation report No. 103 where it confirmed the discovery of 14 new cases – most of them are employees of Medicare Clinic.
In the report, the health ministry said “over 85% of the new cases have had no recent travel history and no known contact with an imported COVID-19 case – this is indicative of the existence of pervasive community transmission”.
And touting community transmission as a challenge, the ministry suggested the “imposition of stringent lockdown measures in both Western 1 and 2 regions in order to curb the spread of the virus”.
