Covid 19
SA sets new daily record with 17,710 COVID infections
The nation's economic hub, Gauteng, accounts for the highest number of new infections followed by the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.
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Wuhan virus cases may be 10 times higher than reported: China health study
About 4.4% of the city's 11 million residents had developed antibodies against the pathogen causing COVID-19 by April, the report by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said.
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SA records 9,580 new COVID-19 cases
The Department of Health has on Tuesday also announced a dramatic rise in the daily death toll with 497 more people dying with the virus.
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Ministers to give further details on lockdown level 3 regulations
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini -Zuma, Zweli Mkhize and Bheki Cele will at 10 am lead a media briefing on the COVID-19 restrictions, regulations and enforcement.
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336 new COVID-19 deaths take SA’s toll to 27,071
The health department announced that over 6.4 million tests have been conducted thus far - with 23,707 of those completed in the last 24-hour cycle.
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Sober end to 2020 as alcohol ban is reintroduced
Speaking on 28 December 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced new restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The president said alcohol consumption was a major contributing factor to the spread of the virus.
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Ramaphosa: SA moves to level three lockdown with immediate effect
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country will be moving back to level three restrictions with some adjustments. Ramaphosa said this was essential in the fight against COVID-19 and was necessary in order to reduce the burden on health care workers. This comes after the country breached the 1 million mark of infections.
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China ramps up virus controls to head off winter wave
China, where the virus first emerged around a year ago, largely contained its outbreak, and its economy has roared back to life.
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COVID-19: Metrorail suspends services in Cape Town
The Regional Train Traffic Control and Management Centre had to shut down on Sunday as a precautionary measure due to a COVID-19 infection case there.
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Trump will be gone, but trauma of 2020 may haunt Biden
For many in the world's richest country, 2020 was the year that seemed never-ending -- an infinite series of horror movie sequels shaking the economy, politics and society itself.
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CoJ officials enforce COVID rules during festive season
The City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Metro Police Department officials embarked on a mission to ensure compliance with lockdown regulations over the festive season in Johannesburg on Wednesday. #COVID-19 #Lockdown #Compliance
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Russia sets records for virus cases, deaths
Health officials reported 29,935 new infections, bringing the country's caseload to 2,963,688 -- the fourth-highest in the world.
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World readies for lockdown Christmas
After a grinding pandemic year that has seen more than 1.7 million people die from COVID-19, a slew of new outbreaks are a stark reminder that despite emergency vaccine roll-outs, life is unlikely to return to normal quickly.
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SA's COVID-19 death toll passes 25k mark
Those deaths take the total number of people in the country who've died with COVID-19 to 25,246.
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‘It wipes out families’: Church council calls on public to fight COVID
Religious leaders have raised concerns over whether the country will have the emotional strength to fight this new variant.
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COVID-19: 216 new deaths & 8,789 new cases across SA
The number of infected people in the country has jumped to 930,711 - with 8,789 new infections reported in the past 24 hours.
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ICU nurse begs public to take COVID-19 regulations seriously
She’s been working an average of 79 hours in five days to help save lives at her overburdened, short staffed hospital.
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Safety of WC healthcare workers crucial as 51 more contract COVID-19
Western Cape health head Dr Keith Cloete said it was a nightmare for medical staff reliving another uptick in COVID-19 cases where no one was safe.
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Mkhize: Govt to assess COVID rules as new cases soar
The Western Cape has recorded the highest daily infection rate, topping more than 3,000, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, which is not far behind that 3,000 mark.
