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Mkhize warns health workers of ‘difficult days ahead’ as COVID-19 peak looms
Minister Mkhize said while employees in the health sector needed to brace themselves for challenging times, the public also needs to take responsibility to make sure they are not the source of infection.
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‘We will not lose focus on the rest of the healthcare system’ - Mkhize
Despite much attention and resources being focused on COVID-19, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said TB, hypertension and diabetes remained SA’s leading causes of natural deaths.
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SA coronavirus infections shoot past 50,000 mark
The country recorded 82 more deaths, taking the total to 1,080 fatalities.
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Floyd murder ‘saddest, most traumatic death in full glare of the public’- Mkhize
Receiving ventilators donated by the US govt, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the murder of George Floyd invoked the pain felt by many black people since slavery and other forms of discrimination and oppression.
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Mkhize pleased with COVID-19 testing progress as cases hit 35,812
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize released the new numbers a short while ago at the close of his tour of Western Cape health facilities.
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22 COVID-19 deaths in WC takes SA fatalities to 705
As of this afternoon, the country has a total of 34,357 coronavirus infections, with 16,808 recoveries.
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Mkhize leads virtual meeting to mark World No Tobacco Day
The day comes as the South African government has been dragged to court by different companies in the tobacco industry for prohibiting the sale of cigarettes during the lockdown.
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‘Continuation of the lockdown as it was imposed is not sustainable’ – Mkhize
Minister Zweli Mkhize said South Africa is dealing with a different situation China which had used its lockdown to contain the virus.
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Mkhize: We must accept new reality that COVID-19 will be here for long time
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and other Health Department officials briefed the country on the effectiveness of the lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic..
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Mkhize: WC's high COVID-19 cases due to outbreaks in retail stores, factories
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that the Western Cape now had two-thirds of all COVID-19 cases in the country.
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SAMRC board says Gray, Health Dept must resolve issues
On Tuesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that the matter was closed and denied claims that academic freedom and freedom of expression were under threat.
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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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What happened with Glenda Gray? A timeline
What is Glenda Gray's role during COVID-19 and what happened between her and the Health Department? A timeline of how it unfolded.
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SA facing COVID-19 testing kit shortage, warns Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize warned that they could soon run into problems as the country ramped up its testing and tracing regime.
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Dlamini-Zuma defends cigarette sales ban, says she's not Mazzotti's friend
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has come under fire for her position on cigarette sales.
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SA sees big jump in COVID-19 cases to 19,137, 30 more deaths
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize also confirmed that the death toll had increased by 30 to 369.
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Govt relying on several models to track SA’s COVID-19 outbreak, says Mkhize
Experts in the country are projecting that the Western Cape could run out of ICU beds by the end of next month if the pandemic continued on its current trajectory.
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Prof Gray’s comments ‘incorrect’, says a disappointed Mkhize
In a recent interview, Professor Glenda Gray said that government had ignored advice from scientists and thumbsucked certain lockdown regulations which she labelled as nonsensical.
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Mkhize: If WC COVID-19 measures don't work, virus will spread rapidly in SA
The Western Cape accounts for nearly 60% of infections and more than 56% of the deaths.
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Winde to negotiate with Ramaphosa, Mkhize to place WC at level 3 lockdown
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that a hotspot plan would be implemented to target districts like Cape Town and Witzenberg.
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Mkhize: Govt to use district-based approach to COVID-19 response
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that districts would be assigned individual lockdown levels to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
