Western cape health department
'Keep wearing masks where applicable like crowded, poorly ventilated spaces'
The Western Cape Health Department's Dr Saadiq Kariem details when voluntary mask-wearing is advisable.
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WC authorities probing cause of fire at Vredendal Hospital
The provincial health department said that staff and patients had been temporarily evacuated when a fire broke out at the facility during the early hours of Sunday morning.
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WC Dept of Health appoints investigator to probe UCT rape allegations
The student took to social media claiming she was raped by the member of staff.
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CT hospital shooting suspect had no prior history of psychological issues - dept
Two patients and a police officer were killed in the incident on Saturday night by another patient.
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Most new COVID-19 cases being reported in Gauteng, KZN and WC
On Monday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 1,954 new cases.
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Two new Omicron subvariants in SA but no need to panic, says WC Health Dept
According to Western Cape Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, genomic data and PCR test data suggest that these new sublineages may be causing an increasing share of reported cases in the country, particularly in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
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WC Health Dept seeing slow decline in COVID-19 cases
The Western Cape Health Department said there had been an overall decrease of 10% in cases in the Cape metro over the past week and a drop of 16% in rural areas.
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WC hospitals returning to normal as COVID-19 cases stabilise
This has been revealed in a reply in the provincial parliament by the province's Health MEC, Nomafrench Mbombo.
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WC Health Dept: Data suggests Omicron less severe than Delta
Medical experts said that while there were 14% more cases during the fourth wave, hospital admissions were currently at 63% of the third wave peak.
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Western Cape passes peak of COVID-19 fourth wave
Provincial Health Department bosses gave an overview of their management of the pandemic, saying that health facilities were coping and most COVID-19 cases picked up at hospitals were incidental.
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WC COVID cases, hospitalisations continuing to increase - provincial Health Dept
The province is currently in the fourth wave of infections, with a high number of active cases driven by the Omicron variant.
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WC ready for fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, say health officials
Health Department spokesperson, Mark van der Heever, said that they had drawn on the lessons learnt from the first three waves.
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WC Health Dept officials seeing early signs of COVID fourth wave
The province's head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that over the past few days there'd been an increase in cases.
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WC Health Dept encouraged by number of children getting COVID vaccines
Since opening up immunisations to those aged 12 to17, the Western Cape Health Department said that it was encouraging to see young people willing to get their vaccines.
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WC seeing rise in trauma cases under level 1 lockdown
Tight lockdown regulations have shown alcohol sales bans result in lower trauma cases.
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Anti-vaccine protests having negative impact on jab programme - WC Health Dept
The Western Cape Health Department's Dr Saadiq Kariem believes that COVID-19 fatigue, complacency and recent protests by anti-vaxxers and COVID-19 denialists is contributing to the lower than expected numbers of people presenting themselves at vaccine sites.
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Health officials predict WC will exit COVID-19 third wave by Saturday
However, with a fourth wave predicted in December, officials are warning against complacency, as they're already seen a decline in the demand for vaccines.
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Officials: Some of the 106 bodies in overloaded truck died from COVID-19
The undertaker has been fined for overloading his truck and another vehicle had to be dispatched before he was allowed to continue his journey.
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COVID-19 cases in WC on a downward trend - provincial Health Dept
The provincial Health Department's Dr Saadiq Kariem said that the province would only have exited the third wave once it reached a daily case load of 530 cases a day.
