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Dexamethasone use sees 25% drop in death rate of critical COVID patients - study
A clinical trial led by researchers at Oxford University found that when administrated intravenously, in small doses, dexamethasone reduced death rates by around a third among severely ill coronavirus patients.
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Mkhize: GP, EC, WC may have already reached COVID-19 peak
Mkhize is warning that social distancing, wearing of masks, and sanitizing are the country's main lines of defense.
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WATCH: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize gives COVID-19 update
On Tuesday, the health ministry announced that 345 more deaths had been recorded in the last 24-hour cycle, bringing the total tally to 8, 884.
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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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Mkhize urges mothers of newborn babies to breastfeed
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that research had shown that the coronavirus was not found in breast milk and therefore could not be transmitted through breastfeeding.
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Mkhize promises immediate intervention to quell threats of healthworkers’ strike
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has responded to Nehawu's plans to withdraw its labour from all sectors by September, during the projected peak of the pandemic.
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DA wants Mkhize to name all firms who've received tenders from Health Dept
The SIU is already investigating dozens of companies that were awared tenders irregulary using COVID-19 relief funds.
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Health budget adjusted to R58.4bn, with R5.5bn for COVID-19 response
Tabling the adjusted national health budget, Minister Zweli Mkhize said the budget would also have to fund massive infrastructure projects as well as programmes like the NHI.
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Mkhize: EC has over 3,500 hospital beds in operation, but more will be needed
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize visited the Eastern Cape and said a team would be meeting to sort out the bureaucratic processes associated with employing more healthcare professionals in order to provide relief to existing staff.
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EC's current health challenges existed before COVID-19 - Mkhize
The Democratic Alliance (DA) had called for the province to be placed under administration but Health Minister Zweli Mkhize in a strongly-worded four-page letter to the party explained why he was not giving into the call.
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'KZN is taking over now': Concerns over COVID-19 cases in KZN, Gauteng
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku on Monday visited the Nasrec field hospital amid the spiralling COVID-19 infections and deaths in the province.
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Mkhize says signs of COVID-19 surge emerging in EC and KZN
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Monday said that the Department of Health was working to ensure that no-one was turned away at the Nasrec field hospital because of a shortage of beds.
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Mkhize praises George Mukhari Hospital staffers' commitment to COVID-19 fight
More healthcare workers have been brought in to this specific hospital to help the high volume of COVID-19 patients needing assistance.
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Mkhize: SA has enough hospital beds for COVID-19 patients
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that government was concerned about the rapid increase in the number of infected people who required hospitalisation.
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Mkhize defends govt move to suspend alcohol sales
While referencing only the Western Cape, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that ICU numbers had increased generally after the ban on the sale of liquor was lifted last month.
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Health Minister: Beating COVID-19 is not up to government alone
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that evidence showed that self-isolation or quarantine of infected people remained the best way to contain the spread of the virus.
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We're one of the countries that drinks the most - Mkhize explains return of alcohol ban
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize addressed the return of the alcohol ban under level 3 of lockdown, in a briefing following President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation on lockdown amendments.
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Mkhize: The level of COVID-19 surge will depend on our behaviour
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize spoke at a media briefing that addressed the latest lockdown amendments that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday 12 July 2020. #CoronavirusSA #COVID19
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Health Dept to introduce ‘oxygen points’ at field hospitals
This week, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research announced the decision to roll out 10,000 locally produced ventilators by the end of the month.
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More than 13,000 new infections in a day in SA: COVID-19 Situation Desk 10 July 2020
The facts - at the start and end of your working day. #Coronavirus #COVID19 #lockdown #Covid19situationdesk
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DA wants EC Health Dept placed under administration in wake of scooter bungle
This comes after Health Minister Zweli Mkhize stressed that the use of scooter ambulances as a form of patient transport in the province did not meet the basic emergency medical services regulations.
