[ad_1] Priority 2: Economic recovery Ramaphosa says it is imperative to create jobs. In response to the pandemic, a series of emergency interventions were put in place and we are now in the process of rebuilding the economy. “We are making large-scale public investments in key sectors such as energy, …
Read More »Ramaphosa Says PPE Shipment to Cuba Was From Local Donors, Not Government
[ad_1] President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied that the government has donated personal protective equipment to the government of Cuba. He said that locals donated a shipment of PPE. Cuba has been helping SAfrica in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, sending a medical brigade to help in …
Read More »SA’s Two Largest Pharmacies Plan to Offer Covid-19 Vaccines
[ad_1] South Africa’s two largest pharmacy chains, Clicks Group and Dis-Chem Pharmacies, said they plan to offer Covid-19 injections in their stores and provide warehousing and distribution facilities in the vaccine deployment program once the government provides more details. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday called on the private sector, …
Read More »Plan to record biometrics for all babies raises privacy concerns
[ad_1] The new draft of the Department of the Interior policy aims to capture detailed biometric data (unique physical traits) of each child born in South Africa and link this data to the parents’ identity numbers, which are printed on all identity documents. . Experts have warned that digital biometric …
Read More »It is very possible that a Covid vaccine could be produced in South Africa
[ad_1] By Reuters 9h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare JOHANNESBURG – Aspen Pharmacare could begin production of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa in late March or early April if all approvals are in place, a senior company executive said. All the vaccines produced will be exported to …
Read More »Probe launched after six patients died due to ‘oxygen supply disruption’ – The Citizen
[ad_1] News24 Wire Image: iStock The incident occurred at the Shifa Private Hospital in Durban on January 2. The Lenmed Group has launched an investigation into the death of six patients in one of its hospitals. The deaths were reportedly caused by an interruption in the oxygen supply. The incident …
Read More »Why is SA not studying the use of ‘indigenous herbs’ to combat Covid-19, asks the president of Cosatu
[ad_1] The president of Cosatu, Zingiswa Losi. Cosatu President Zingiswa Losi has apparently contradicted her own federation’s position on the rapid deployment of the Covid-19 vaccine. Losi asked for another look at indigenous African herbs that could be administered against Covid-19. South Africa will receive one million doses of the …
Read More »Officials raid Durban’s Ahmed Al-Kadi hospital for ivermectin
[ad_1] By Se-Anne Rall 1 hour ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare DURBAN – A raid was carried out at the Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospital (AAK) just after noon today, as officials from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) and the police searched for ivermectin. AAK hospital manager Ebrahim …
Read More »Covid-19: SA’s Aspen could produce J&J vaccine injections in late March
[ad_1] Another vaccine could soon be available in South Africa. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images Aspen Pharmacare could begin production of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa in late March or early April. All vaccines produced will be exported to J&J. Aspen currently has …
Read More »Mobile phone towers set on fire in South Africa over 5G conspiracy theories
[ad_1] The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, condemned the burning and destruction of the infrastructure of the cell phone network tower and urged the South African police to arrest those responsible. The burning of the cell phone towers follows a resurgence of conspiracy theories linking the emergence …
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