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Sassa CEO apologises for long queues at WC, KZN offices
Police used water cannon to enforce social distancing by elderly and disabled grant recipients outside Sassa’s Bellville offices in the Western Cape on Friday while one person died while queueing in Durban.
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WC govt’s plan to acquire addition vaccine doses to 'help national efforts'
Premier Alan Winde and health officials have this week told the provincial legislature that additional vaccines would be procured for the Western Cape.
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Alcohol ban has eased burden on health facilities, says WC Health Dept
The provincial Health Department said more beds have been freed up hospitals.
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EC, WC health depts explain their COVID-19 fighting efforts to MPs
The Western Cape and Eastern Cape have some of the country's highest COVID-19 infections rates and fatalities.
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WC still in the peak of COVID-19 second wave – provincial health dept
As of Monday night, the province has over 48,000 active cases and more than 3,300 people are in hospital across the public and private sector.
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WC in ‘uncharted territory’ as oxygen use at private, public hospitals increases
Head of health Dr Keith Cloete said combined oxygen utilisation for both public and private hospitals was 76 tons a day.
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WC health workers continue to contract COVID-19 while army prepares to step in
There are now 1,019 health workers infected with the virus, higher than last week's figures, and because many are in isolation, this means they are out of the health system and not able to work.
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Western Cape has officially entered COVID peak - Cloete
The department said they had always worked on the assumption that the peak was around 7 January.
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With COVID-19 second wave peak still to come, hospitals are under severe strain
In the Western Cape, provincial health authorities are bracing for the second wave peak, with more than 44,000 active cases in the province.
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COVID-19 second wave peak expected to hit WC this week
Head of Health Dr Keith Cloete said officials had always worked towards 7 January, on Thursday, for the province's peak.
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Cele hoping to put WC gang leaders behind bars in 2021
Just last week in Ocean View, a man was killed and another wounded while vehicles were torched, and a home was damaged in running battles for turf.
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More WC health workers contract COVID-19
Health facilities are under immense pressure facing staff shortages and the department is on a recruitment drive to secure the services of more nurses.
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WC hospitals already under severe pressure ahead of COVID peak
The peak is still two to three weeks away but already hospitals are overloaded, running at over 100% capacity on average.
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Concern as 761 WC healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID-19
Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said hospital staff had been working flat out under very stressful circumstances since March.
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Safety of WC healthcare workers crucial as 51 more contract COVID-19
Western Cape health head Dr Keith Cloete said it was a nightmare for medical staff reliving another uptick in COVID-19 cases where no one was safe.
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COVID-19: KZN, WC account for more than half of country’s 100,000 active cases
Government has introduced restrictions in beaches in both provinces in an effort to claw back their epidemics.
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WC records 68 attacks on medical emergency officials this year
On Tuesday morning, two paramedics were on a call in Mitchells Plain when they came under attack.
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Mkhize visits COVID-19 hotspot Garden Route to relay findings to national govt
The Health Minister is visiting the Garden Route in the Western Cape and will relay his findings to national structures.
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Over 250 WC health workers contracted COVID-19 in five weeks
The province has seen a 42% weekly increase in new infections and there are now more than 10,000 active cases in the province.
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W Cape sees a 42% weekly increase of new COVID-19 cases - Health Dept
This was recorded over a two-week period from late November to Wednesday.
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National govt to map way forward to curb rising COVID-19 infections in WC
The province now has over 10,000 active cases of COVID-19.
