Health

[ad_1] For IOL Reporter 8h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – A total of 566 new Covid-19-related cases have been identified in South Africa since the last report, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement Monday night. The cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in South Africa now …

[ad_1] Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize says there is concern about a third wave of Covid-19 post-Easter (April 4), as the country continues to implement its vaccination strategy. Speak as part of a Ingenuity Roundtable on the Covid-19 Vaccine on Monday (March 1), Mkhize He said: “We are all concerned …

[ad_1] South African colleagues, when I last addressed the nation, earlier this month, the country had passed the peak of the second wave of coronavirus infections. Fueled by a new variant of the virus, the second wave was far more devastating and caused more loss of life than the first. …

[ad_1] The government has secured 11 million Johnson and Johnson doses of the vaccine to be delivered in phases. An additional 20 million doses of Pfizer are expected to arrive in the country by the end of this year. In the past 10 days, more than 67,000 healthcare workers have …

[ad_1] For IOL reporter 3h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – South Africa will move to a level 1 lockdown with immediate effect, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night. “The country has clearly outgrown the second wave,” Ramaphosa said. He attributed the decline in infections to public …

[ad_1] President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will return to lockdown level 1. In a national address on Sunday night (February 28), the president said that the easing of restrictions comes almost a year after the first case of Covid-19 was first reported in the country. He added …

[ad_1] Elevated levels of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide are believed to have caused the stench in Mpumalanga and Gauteng. The government has launched an investigation into the cause of the stench. The probe findings will be available upon completion. The government has promised to publish the findings in its …

[ad_1] For Our Nxumalo 2h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Durban – A Pietermaritzburg doctor accused of taking employees hostage in his private practice and ordering gunmen to terrorize and torture others over a lost notebook has refuted the allegations, saying “the truth will come out.” Dr Bongiwe Constantia Nungu, …

[ad_1] For IOL Reporter 8h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Johannesburg – South Africa’s Covid-19 death rate rose to 49,941 on Saturday after, sadly, 157 more people succumbed to the virus. The country registered 1,447 new cases of the virus on February 27, bringing the cumulative number of cases to …

[ad_1] Nurse Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi was the first to receive a Covid-19 vaccine at the Khayelitsha District Hospital in Cape Town. So far, more than 67,000 health workers have been vaccinated. On Saturday, SA registered 1,447 new infections and the total number of cases increased to 1,512,225. Additionally, 157 other people …