115 active cases

MBABANE – Eight new C29I' 19 cases were recorded yesterday, resulting in the country having 115 people who are currently infected with the virus. 2f these, only eight are admitted to health facilities. The eight new cases were recorded from 219 tests that were conducted yesterday and this sees the cumulative number of con firmed cases rising to 73 213.

Seven new recoveries were recorded yester day and this takes the total number of recover ies to 71 681.

1o fatality was recorded yesterday and this leaves the total number of fatalities at 1 417.

There was a total of 446 people who took the C29I' 19 vaccine yesterday, which has taken the number of fully vaccinated people to 369 676, which is 31.9 per cent of the total popu lation.

The Ministry of Health is encouraging the public to adhere to the following:

Wear a mask consistently and correctly. This protects others from getting infected, which eventually protects you as an indi vidual.

Wash your hands with soap and running water for at least 20 seconds or use an al cohol based hand sanitiser to clean your hands. .eeping the hands clean is es sential because hands carrying the coro navirus easily transmit the virus into the body when you touch your eyes, nose or mouth.

Watch your distance by making sure that you keep at least one metre away from an other person. The greater the distance the less the chances of getting infected by an infectious person.

$void the µThree C¶s: Closed spaces with poor ventilation crowded places with many people near each other and close contact settings such as close range conversations. $ combination of these three Cs results in a high transmission of the virus.

2pt for the outdoors ± this is always bet ter than indoors. Should there be a need to hold a function, it should be in line with C29I' 19 regulations.