Department of health
Mkhize: Health workers have gained crucial experience in fight against COVID-19
Clocking in long hours and often having to endure dangerous working conditions, medical personnel have been on the frontline battling the epidemic.
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SANDF, SAPS to guard sites where COVID-19 vaccine set to be administered
These are just some of the details revealed by the national Health Department’s Dr Aquina Thulare during the African National Congress’ progressive business forum engagement on Tuesday.
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ANALYSIS: Here’s how South Africa failed to get its act together on vaccines
Critics of the South African government argue that it has done too little too late to secure vaccines, and that it doesn't have a proper plan in place for rollout.
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Alcohol ban has eased burden on health facilities, says WC Health Dept
The provincial Health Department said more beds have been freed up hospitals.
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Nehawu welcomes procurement of 1.5 million vaccine doses for frontline workers
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Thursday announced the first 1 million doses would be delivered later this month from the Serum Institute of India, followed by an additional half a million doses in February.
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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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SA records 11,552 new COVID-19 infections, 245 more related deaths
South Africa has seen a record spike in COVID-19 cases with more than 42,000 infections picked up in the last three days.
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Calls to review COVID regulations after SA recorded 14,046 new cases
Over the last 24 hours, South Africa reported a staggering 26% increase in confirmed cases; that equates to more than 14,000 new cases.
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DA calls on govt to publicly release its COVID-19 vaccine plans
The party on Friday said securing a vaccine for South Africa should be government’s number one priority.
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COVID-19: EC accounts for most of the latest 139 deaths
On the recovery front, almost 745,000 people have recuperated so far.
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SA records 3,198 new COVID-19 infections, 61 more deaths
In the past 24-hour cycle, 3,198 more people contracted the disease pushing the national caseload past 785,000.
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Nehawu to strike today for permanent employment of community health workers
The union wants government to give workers the benefits that all other government employees have.
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Mkhize instructs Gauteng Health Dept to reconcile its COVID-19 data
The province’s recoveries and active cases were left out of Wednesday night’s update by national government and were expected to be added once the figures are scrutinised.
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Nehawu threaten indefinite strike if community health workers not made permanent
Workers affiliated with the union are expected to go on a nationwide strike on Thursday demanding government permanently employ workers and pay all government benefits.
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Mkhize concerned over rise in latest COVID-19 infection figures
South Africa has recorded 2,080 new coronavirus cases, pushing the total number of infections since the outbreak to more than 769,000.
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CGE concerned that forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women widespread in SA
The gross human rights and medical ethics violations allegedly took place in 15 public health facilities, with five hospitals implicated in Gauteng alone.
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SA records more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases
According to the Department of Health, 86 more COVID-19 related deaths were reported, bringing the national death toll to 20,845.
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South Africa records 3,105 new COVID-19 cases
This marks the first time since 21 August where the daily jump in coronavirus infections surpassed the 3,000 mark.
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SA’s active COVID-19 cases drop below 40,000
Recoveries now stand at 675,593, which translates to a recovery rate of 92%.
