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WC's first drive-through vaccination site now officially open to public
Officials said that cars, taxis with passengers and even buses could make their way through the five lanes under a massive marquee.
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WC's Mbombo attributes drop in COVID deaths among healthcare workers to vaccine
Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said in December alone, 53 medical workers died in the province. She said that infections and fatalities were down, adding that vaccinations were to thank for this.
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WC Health Dept set to ramp up COVID vaccination capacity
Western Cape head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete. said more vaccine doses are expected to arrive today: 'We are now moved from a supply-constrained environment to a supply surplus environment, which basically means we now can vaccinate more people.'
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COVID third wave much longer than previous waves, says WC Health Dept
Western Cape head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that admissions and deaths had dropped slightly, with an average of 295 new admissions and 93 deaths daily.
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WC Health Dept hits out at anti-vaxxers after protest at Groote Schuur Hospital
The Western Cape Health Department's Dr Saadiq Kariem said that misinformation by COVID-19 denialists and those against the jabs was harmful.
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WC hits new daily vaccination record with over 53k jabs administered on Friday
On Friday, the nation's vaccine drive opened to the 18 to 34 cohort marking the final phase of the roll-out programme.
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WC Health Dept redy to administer COVID jabs at new Athlone site
The Athlone Vaccination Centre of Hope opens to the public on Tuesday. It is the second mass site in the province - the first was the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) that opened last month.
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Latest COVID vaccine shipment encouraging, says WC Health's Kariem
The Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson doses were received on Friday.
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COVID: WC health dept urges residents to avoid being reckless over long weekend
It said pressure was mounting on hospitals as the province hits its third wave peak and health care workers can't afford to deal with trauma cases on top of the COVID cases.
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WC officially reaches peak of its COVID-19 third wave
Western Cape head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete said that there was still widespread community transmission and hospitalisations continued to increase at state medical facilities.
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Western Cape approaching peak of its COVID-19 third wave
There are nearly 39,000 active cases in the province.
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WC concerned about low number of people registering for jabs in some areas
They're reporting low vaccine registration rates in some areas, even as the province approaches the peak of the third wave.
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‘There's no capacity for anyone who's critically ill’ – WC Health Dept
The Western Cape government has pleaded with the public to be responsible this weekend as critical care hospital beds were running out.
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WC health system operating at 110% critical care as COVID cases spike, says dept
Western Cape head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that infections had yet to peak in the province and that this would likely happen in the next seven to 10 days.
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As WC enters COVID third wave peak, vaccine demand outstripping current supply
Head of the Provincial Health Department Dr Keith Cloete said this week's vaccine supply for the Cape did not meet current demand.
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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.
