Department of health
Mkhize appeals to parents to immunise their children during lockdown
The Health Minister on Tuesday said that the Department of Health had noted a decline in this service due to fears associated with contracting the coronavirus.
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FS Health Dept, organised labour agree to avoid strikes as far as possible
This week, there were industrial actions at two health facilities. On Thursday health workers at Pelonomi Hospital's maternity ward stopped working demanding the facility be deep cleaned.
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Health Dept accused of failing to prepare hospitals during initial lockdown
Responding to the department’s adjustment budget, MPs in the opposition benches said government did not do enough to brace for the coronavirus storm.
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Corruption Watch to release report on corruption in SA’s health sector
The organisation said it hoped its findings would lead to a change for the over 80% of South Africans who rely on the country’s 4,300 public health facilities.
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108 more deaths take SA COVID-19 death toll to 2,952
The cumulative infection rate now stands at 177,124 cases.
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The Lethole line has ended: Shonisani’s family speak out on his death
A family whose son died at the Tembisa Hospital in Ekhuruleni wants answers from the Health Department after he was allegedly denied food for two days. Shonisani Lethole died on Monday, a week after he was admitted to hospital with respiratory issues. Just days before his death, he sent a tweet to the Health Minister to complain about not being fed for 48 hours at a government facility. The facility says it has documents showing Lethole was fed and well taken care of. Lethole's family told Eyewitness News that they want answers from the Health Department.
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92 more deaths take SA COVID-19 death toll to 2,749
This comes as the Health Department confirmed 8,124 new cases of the virus. This takes the total number of cases to 159,333.
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KZN Education Dept: COVID-19 measures working despite rising infections
The province’s Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu said that with guidance from the Health Department they had relooked at their virus containment measures.
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SA records 7,210 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily surge yet
In its daily report, the Health Department said the total number of confirmed cases in the country had risen to 131,800.
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SA reaches 1 million COVID-19 tests milestone, says Mkhize
A milestone of over one million people have been tested across the country, of which 29,999 were conducted since the last report on Wednesday.
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SA coronavirus death toll breaches 900 mark
The Department of Health said that 43,434 people had contracted COVID-19 in the country but 23,088 people had recovered.
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WC records 54 more COVID-19 deaths as national total rises to 848
The Department of Health said on Thursday that the total number of infections had increased to 40,792.
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COVID-19: Additional attention directed to EC as its cases hit 4,526
The health ministry on Wednesday also confirmed the number of known cases in the country has risen to 37,525.
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Govt, scientists working to produce COVID-19 test reagents locally
As the demand for screening and testing increased, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize earlier this week warned of a looming testing kit shortage.
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Over 96,000 COVID-19 tests yet to be processed in SA - Health dept
The department said this was the result of a lack of extraction kits as demand for testing increased globally.
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SAMRC: Apology to Health Dept has nothing to do with Gray’s comments
On Tuesday, the council released a statement apologising to the department, following a public row between the SAMRC's Glenda Gray and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
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SAMRC drops any further investigation into Glenda Gray
In a statement, the board said it met to discuss the current challenges relating to the media statements made by Gray in her private capacity.
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Completely unacceptable for SAMRC board to pander to Gray witch hunt - Habib
South African Medical Research Council president Professor Glenda Gray criticised aspects of government's approach in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and claimed that it was not based on scientific evidence.
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Mkhize: It would be disastrous if COVID-19 overwhelmed our health system
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said with a peak in infections and the planned easing of the lockdown at the end of this month, it was vital to get the spread of the virus under control.
