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  • FILE: Health Minister Joe Phaahla. Picture: Picture: @HealthZA/Twitter

    Health officials worried about burden of overlapping COVID waves on hospitals

    The country is battling to shake off the Delta driven third wave which is still gripping the Western and Northern Cape with positivity rates around 30%.

    309 days ago
  • Vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine are displayed for a photograph at a Culver City Fire Department vaccination clinic on 5 August 2021, in California. Picture: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

    Govt's COVID MAC tasked with looking into giving J&J jab recipients booster shot

    According to the pharmaceutical company, it had noticed a sharp increase in antibodies in those who received a booster shot more than six months after getting their initial single shot.

    309 days ago
  • People line up at the People's Park Cafe next to the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban for their COVID-19 vaccinations on 23 July 2021. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Health Dept to transport adults from high-density areas to urban vaccine sites

    This pilot project will be launched in Gauteng, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Many people have complained that they don't have transport money to visit the sites which may be partly to blame for the decline in demand.

    316 days ago
  • An education department employee gets a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Rabasotho community hall in Tembisa on 23 June 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Identifying, addressing gaps vital for mass inoculation drive - KRISP's Lessells

    Government has urged more people who are eligible for a coronavirus vaccination to line up for the jab.

    318 days ago
  • A vaccinator preparing the COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Many South Africans afraid of COVID vaccine because of misinformation, MPs told

    Department officials are facing questions from members of the national council of provinces about vaccines and mitigating the impact of COVID-19.

    319 days ago
  • A vaccinator preparing the COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Children won't get COVID jab until it's proven to be safe for them - Health Dept

    'Our vaccines are not registered for use in children, but there are studies that are being done both by the manufacturers and being evaluated by both the Vaccine Ministerial Advisory Committee and by Sahpra,' said the Health Department's Dr Nicholas Crisp.

    323 days ago
  • Fourth wave: We don't know when or how severe but it will happen

    The department of health updated on government's efforts in fighting COVID-19 in South Africa. Western Cape is now the leading with the highest daily infections and active cases. #COVID19news #CoronavirusSA

    323 days ago
  • FILE: An elderly woman receives her COVID-19 vaccine jab with the start of the second phase of South Africa's vaccine rollout on 17 May 2021. Picture: @GautengHealth/Twitter

    Health dept: Close to 9 million vaccine jabs administered in SA so far

    The National Health Department said it’s still chasing a target to have at least 35 million people immunised by the end of this year.

    325 days ago
  • David Motau. Picture: https://www.hpcsa-blogs.co.za

    Suspension of HPCSA CEO David Motau was necessary, says Health Dept

    The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)'s CEO and registrar, David Motau, has been suspended after the department received a notice of his arrest.

    330 days ago
  • Open graves at a cemetery in Hebron, north of Pretoria, South Africa, ahead of the funeral of a person who died from COVID-19 complications. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    SA sees 458 more COVID deaths as death toll climbs to 73,873

    The NICD said that the rolling seven-day average of new cases was on the rise again.

    331 days ago
  • Former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize addressed a virtual meeting on 4 August 2020. Picture: @DrZweliMkhize/Twitter

    SIU: Individuals implicated in Digital Vibes matter given opportunity to respond

    The unit identified more than 20 people as the unlawful beneficiaries of the R150 million irregular contract issued by the Health Department.

    334 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 30 December 2020, vials of undiluted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to administer to staff and residents at the Goodwin House Bailey's Crossroads, a senior living community in Falls Church, Virginia. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP

    US donation of 2.8 million Pfizer vaccine doses to arrive in SA on Tuesday

    The commitment of gifting half a billion Pfizer vaccines to countries across the world was made by US President Joe Biden in June. This is being channeled through the Covax facility with South Africa receiving over 5 million doses.

    335 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa interacts with staff at the Rabasotho Community Centre vaccination site in Tembisa on 29 July 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Ramaphosa: I’m still studying SIU report into Digital Vibes tender

    He told journalists in Tembisa there are issues that needed finalisation regarding suspended Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.

    338 days ago
  • FILE: An elderly woman receives her COVID-19 vaccine jab with the start of the second phase of South Africa's vaccine rollout on 17 May 2021. Picture: @GautengHealth/Twitter

    Health Dept confident COVID-19 vaccine programme gaining momentum

    The department's Nicholas Crisp said that they were hoping that their plan to get as many as 35 million people jabbed by the end of the year would be exceeded.

    340 days ago
  • Picture: https://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za/#/

    Govt's EVDS website is now available in more languages

    The EVDS website has been translated to other languages, including Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa and Sesotho for now with the plan to incorporate all languages.

    344 days ago
  • A vaccinator preparing the COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Vaccine registration opens for people aged 35 to 49

    More than four million COVID-19 vaccine shots have so far been administered in the country, with government setting a target of close to 12 million people to vaccinate in this age-group.

    353 days ago
  • FILE: Until Thursday, 155 medical graduates were still waiting to be allocated to a healthcare facility Picture: 123rf.com

    Intern doctors finally placed in public hospitals

    The department officials said they had successfully concluded consultations with National Treasury and provincial health departments over the funding of outstanding internship positions.

    358 days ago
  • A patient with COVID-19 breaths in oxygen in the resuscitation room of the COVID ward at Khayelitsha Hospital near Cape Town on 29 December 2020. Picture: AFP.

    COVID-19: 460 more deaths and 22,910 new cases across SA

    The Department of Health said over the past 24-hour reporting cycle the death toll continued its grim climb, now standing at 63,499.

    359 days ago
  • Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga oversees the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine jabs at the Rabasotho community hall in Tembisa on 23 June 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    Motshekga to ask Health Dept for extension to complete teacher vaccinations

    The Basic Education Department said that while they initially targeted 582,000 people in the sector, they'd now added over 789,000 staff including food handlers, janitors and support staff from independent schools and ECD centres on the EVDS system.

    360 days ago
  • Image: © luiscarceller 123rf.com

    Health Dept: People aged between 40-49 will be able to register for jabs soon

    By midnight, more than 354,000 people between 50 and 59 years had registered on governments' electronic vaccination data system and some even went to vaccine sites to get their jabs.

    365 days ago
  • Inside the Nasrec Field Hospital in Johannesburg. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    Over 5,000 health workers recruited in Gauteng to assist with rising COVID cases

    More beds have now been added to the existing count, to help ease the pressure, with facilities now at 91% capacity.

    365 days ago
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