Health

[ad_1] By staff reporter May 11, 2020 Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – The Western Cape Cabinet on Monday approved the Covid-19 Hotspot Strategy for the entire Cape Town government. This plan sets out how the Western Cape Government will utilize and coordinate its various government departments together with …

[ad_1] More than 100 potential COVID-19 vaccines are being developed, including several in clinical trials. The WHO said in April that a vaccine would take at least 12 months. GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or duration of …

[ad_1] Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen said that President Cyril Ramaphosa and his administration were not trusting South Africans with the truth. DA interim leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu / EWN JOHANNESBURG – Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen has accused government of keeping the real …

[ad_1] Minister Lindiwe Zulu said that while organizations were helping the government distribute food, there are health guidelines to follow. Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu at a press conference on March 24, 2020 by Social Group ministers following the announcement of a national closure to contain COVID-19 in South Africa. …

[ad_1] In the fight to find drugs that outperform Covid-19, researchers from Italy report encouraging results from a small study on a rheumatoid arthritis drug already in use. The drug, anakinra, may help calm the uncontrolled immune response known as a “cytokine storm,” which threatens some patients with severe Covid-19. …

[ad_1] Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town said Tuesday that it followed provincial health guidelines for decontamination after a cleaner allegedly claimed they were told to use chlorine to disinfect a room where a nurse worked, who recently died of Covid-19. IOL reported that the cleaner alleged that they were told …

[ad_1] DA leader John Steenhuisen questioned why President Cyril Ramaphosa has not addressed the nation about the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic in nearly three weeks. The acting leader of the opposition party has asked the president for transparency, saying the first step would be weekly national speeches, as …

[ad_1] Johannesburg – South Africa now has more than 11,000 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced Tuesday afternoon. No new deaths were reported, but as of Monday night, there were 206 Covid-19 deaths in the country. Mkhize said there were 698 new infections, bringing the …

[ad_1] The council has praised Mini for his contribution, saying he served the medical imaging industry in many capacities and with distinction. Dr. Clarence Mini, Chairman of the Medical Schemes Council, died of COVID-19 on May 12, 2020. Image: @ CMSCares4u / Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The Chairman of the Medical …

[ad_1] The Western Cape has seen an increase of 484 confirmed Covid-19 infections, contributing to an increase in total SA cases to 11,350. The province, with 6,105 cases, now has 53.8% of the country’s infections to date, according to data released by health minister Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday. Gauteng has …