Health minister Zweli Mkhize

Health minister Zweli Mkhize has blamed an outdated slide in a presentation on Wednesday for creating fear that some parts of South Africa would remain on level-4 lockdown on 1 June.

Mkhize said government has “taken measures to identify areas that have been defined as epidemiological hotspots.

Government, he said, has taken steps to intervene in areas that are regarded as hotspots by deploying experts and specialists who will implement measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Even as the whole country moves to level 3, government will ensure there is “constant assessment of each and every area and its rate of infection”.

“If the spread of the infection is not contained despite the above-mentioned interventions, government will make a determination on whether to return that specific area (metro, district, sub-district or ward) to alert level 4 or 5”.