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[ad_1] Maria Branyas, born in the USA In the USA, she became infected in April at the Santa Maria del Tura nursing home in the eastern city of Olot, and battled isolated respiratory illness in her room. FILE: The care home recorded “several” virus-related deaths during the pandemic, the residence’s …

[ad_1] While the evidence of the blockade is evaporating, so is the support for that same strategy that is rapidly declining. We can no longer keep silent and comply, say the writers. (Photo: Unsplash / Giacomo Carra) Covid-19 could well be remembered as the “Panic Pandemic”: decisions have already been …

[ad_1] Starting Wednesday, May 13, new and used car dealers can reopen their doors under strict risk-adjusted business measures, hygiene restrictions and social distancing. Emergency repairs can also be carried out on vehicles, including cars that are behind for a service. The Department of Commerce, Industry and Competition announced on …

[ad_1] The minister for agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, announced over the weekend an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the Amathole district, Eastern Cape. Fifty pigs have since died. The World Health Organization for Animal Health has also been notified. The outbreak was identified in …

[ad_1] The coronavirus is likely to remain a threat in the country for the next year or more, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned. In his weekly newsletter on Monday, Ramaphosa said South Africans must be prepared for a new way of life that will see the fight against the coronavirus as …

[ad_1] By Okuhle Hlati 22h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town: A cleaner at Tygerberg Hospital, who isolates himself at home, accused the facility of endangering their lives, saying they were ordered to use bleach to disinfect the room where a nurse, who recently died, was working. from Covid-19. …

[ad_1] The South African Congress of Trade Unions (Cosatu) has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to move the blocking level to 3 out of 4 “as soon as it is safe to do so” in the midst of an “economic firestorm”. The federation’s call comes after Police Minister Bheki Cele said …

[ad_1] The chairman of the Medical Schemes Council (CMS), Clarence Mini, died from Covid-19, the regulator’s spokesman confirmed Tuesday. CMS is a statutory body charged with safeguarding the R160bn medical scheme industry and the 8.9 million lives it covers. Mini’s death exacerbates the recent loss of institutional memory at CMS, …

[ad_1] Image copyright fake pictures Screenshot President Cyril Ramaphosa is fighting to maintain support for the blockade It is tempting to imagine that South Africa will look back, almost fondly, at the end of March 2020 as a special moment in its young democracy. As many nations around the world …

[ad_1] May 12 is a day nurses are supposed to celebrate as the world marks International Nurses Day, but some nurses in the Western Cape said there was nothing to rejoice about as they risked their lives on the front line of Covid-19. More than 100 health workers at Tygerberg …