Western cape health department
CT taxi violence hits health services as workers unable to get to work
The Western Cape Health Department said that taxi violence impacted their staff's ability to provide services to communities.
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Nearly 150k COVID vaccine jabs administered in WC this week
Officials in the Western Cape's health department say they have exceeded their target of reaching a maximum of 120,000 vaccines weekly.
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WC health officials warn COVID-19 cases rapidly increasing
Provincial head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that COVID-19 cases continued to increase and that they were seeing an average of 2,335 new diagnoses each day.
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Western Cape achieves highest vaccination rate per 1 million residents
Last week, the province reached the highest number of daily inoculations by jabbing 29,600 people in one day.
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WC vaccinates over 42,000 education staff members
This equates to 76% of the 55,000 target.
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Health authorities urge public to play their part in managing rising COVID cases
Gauteng and the Western Cape are in a steep third wave driven by the delta variant.
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Private hospitals taking strain as COVID cases rising, says WC Health's Cloete
Western Cape Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that the province had over 24,000 active cases - this was 6,402 more active cases in the past week. He said that the increase was being driven by the Delta variant.
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Garden Route health authorities worried as COVID cases rise by 95% in last week
This comparison to the previous seven to 14-day period. Western Cape authorities in the region said cases have been rapidly rising in all sub-districts, especially in George and Mossel Bay due to the population density in these towns.
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Mitchells Plain field hospital reactivated as WC battles COVID third wave
On Monday, Premier Alan Winde visited the Mitchells Plain Hospital of Hope to conduct an oversight over the facility's preparation during the third wave of COVID-19.
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WC Health officials urge residents to stick to protocols as COVID cases spike
Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that in the last week, there'd been a 53% rise in active COVID-19 cases in the province.
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WC govt expecting 191,800 Pfizer jabs for use over next two weeks
Recently, the vaccine rollout plan in the province was impacted by a constrained vaccine supply. But with the additional tranche, provincial government believed that it would get the vaccine programme back on track.
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WC govt assures residents it's ready & able to deal with COVID-19 third wave
The Western Cape Government said that healthcare services would be ramped up to deal with the demands of the resurgence.
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WC to ramp up vaccine programme after receiving large batch of Pfizer jabs
Next week Thursday, the provincial Health Department will receive about 140,000 doses.
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Garden Route's COVID-19 cases rose 110% in last 7 days - WC Health Dept
Western Cape Health officials said that all sub-districts in the region were seeing a surge in cases except for Oudtshoorn, with a minimal increase, and Kannaland, which remained unchanged.
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WC Health Dept ready says it is ready to deal with COVID-19 third wave
The province now joined the Free State, Gauteng, the North West and the Northern Cape as provinces confirmed to have entered a third wave.
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Plans in place to vaccinate 42k teachers once J&J jab approved - WC Health Dept
Once more vaccines were supplied, health authorities aimed to process 120,000 vaccinations every week.
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WC Health Dept recommends winter initiation season be postponed due to COVID-19
Spokesperson Stacy McLean said that the province was experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and that the Health Department issued an advisory recommending a postponement until the end of the third wave in the Western Cape.
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WC Health Dept set to open 51 new COVID-19 vaccination sites this week
By the end of the week, there will be 100 public sector facilities and an additional 15 to 20 private sector sites.
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WC Health Dept urges vaccine recipients to honour appointments
Provincial head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that those who'd missed their opportunity would have two more chances to receive the shot. He's urged recipients to honour their first appointment.
