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[ad_1] By staff reporter 10h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town: The Western Cape has recorded 11 more deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number in the province to 87. At 1 p.m. on May 8, the province said it had registered 4,584 Covid-19 infections, of which there were …

[ad_1] * Note: Due to the different notification times, the provincial numbers will differ in some cases per day with the national numbers for certain provinces. Seventeen more Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded in the country, bringing the number to 178, while the largest one-day increase in new cases reached …

[ad_1] Johannesburg – South Africa now has more than 8,800 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus and 17 more deaths, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced Friday night. Mkhize said there were 663 new infections, bringing the total number of cases to 8,895, while there were also 17 more deaths, bringing …

[ad_1] * Note: Due to the different notification times, the provincial numbers will differ in some cases per day with the national numbers for certain provinces. There were 535 more confirmed cases in the Western Cape as of Friday, bringing the number to 4,584, Prime Minister Alan Winde said. Deaths …

[ad_1] In another letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, two lawyers held the presidency until Monday to clarify what decision-making powers were given to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC). The two attorneys also question who made the decision to ban the sale of cigarettes during the national shutdown to curb …

[ad_1] Health workers in the Western Cape reported that they waited up to 10 days to obtain the results of the Covid-19 test, and sources in Gauteng say they are not alone. Delays in results have left many infected patients fearful, who should otherwise be quarantined, may be unintentionally exposing …

[ad_1] Radio presenter and businessman Gareth Cliff has responded to the backlash over his open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, claiming that those who thought he was speaking for whites are worrying about him and not about the problems he raised. In his letter, Gareth stated that “the patience and …

[ad_1] The Western Cape has recorded six additional Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the number to 70 in the province, Prime Minister Alan Winde said Tuesday. In a statement, Winde added as of 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, 3,677 confirmed cases were recorded in the province. This is an increase of 226 cases from …

[ad_1] A mild winter in Sweden and the commitment to ditch fossil fuels has culminated in the closure of the country’s last coal-fired power station. An announcement in April revealed that the last of the KVV6 boilers at Värtaverket in Hjorthagen, eastern Stockholm, which had been providing heat and electricity …

[ad_1] A French hospital that re-analyzed old samples from pneumonia patients found that it had treated a man who had COVID-19 on December 27, almost a month before the French government confirmed his first cases. FILE: A photo shows the logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) at its headquarters …