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[ad_1] South Africa has entered the new year with another record rise in daily Covid-19 infections, and the health department has reported 18,000 new cases in the country. At the end of the year, the total number of confirmed cases in South Africa stood at 1,057,161, while deaths increased by …

[ad_1] The Life Healthcare group, which runs private hospitals across the country, says the second wave of Covid-19 has resulted in a greater number of patients admitted to its hospitals daily than the first wave. According to Dr. Charl van Loggerenberg, general manager of emergency medicine at Life Healthcare: “The …

[ad_1] Africa’s largest hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath in Soweto, posted images on its Facebook page this morning of a nearly empty trauma unit. Africa’s largest hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath in Soweto, posted images on its Facebook page this morning of a nearly empty trauma unit. Image: Facebook. JOHANNESBURG – South …

[ad_1] “We have constantly highlighted the serious shortage of health workers in KZN. It is a situation that still does not seem to have been resolved. Every day we hear stories from doctors in the province that they are overworked and on the verge of exhaustion. “ He said Sama …

[ad_1] “Furthermore, any life-threatening emergency will always be received and attended to immediately at any Life Healthcare emergency unit.” He said hospital capacity is fluid and it is a reality that intensive care units and intensive care units are under pressure in KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and parts of …

[ad_1] Christelle du Toit For those wondering whether lockdown regulations were really necessary, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital has achieved a historic first under the amended lockdown level 3 regulations. Image: Facebook, @ChrisHaniBaragwanath. Announcing the most severe level of lockdown earlier in the week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said one of …

[ad_1] By AFP 3h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Jitendra Joshi and Phil Hazlewood at the AFP offices LONDON – Britain finally broke its turbulent half-century association with Europe on Thursday, abandoning the single market and the EU customs union to go its own way four and a half years …

[ad_1] WHO has listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use The UN health agency is spearheading a global effort called COVAX to secure and distribute vaccines to the poorest countries. However, the challenging storage and delivery requirements of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine. The World Health Organization listed …

[ad_1] Britain finally resigned from the European Union four years after it voted to leave the bloc, after securing a free trade agreement with Brussels. Britain is the first member state to leave the EU. The EU has now lost 66 million people and an economy valued at 2.85 trillion …

[ad_1] By Reuters 1 hour ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Steve Gorman and Rebecca Spalding Wisconsin – A pharmacist at a Wisconsin hospital was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sabotaging more than 500 doses of the coronavirus vaccine by deliberately removing them from the refrigerator to spoil, law enforcement and …