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KZN Health MEC sets the record straight on why she hasn’t been vaccinated – yet February 25, 2021
© Provided by Daily News KWAZULU-NATAL Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane has cleared the air over claims that she refused to be vaccinated " ...explained KZN received 10 800 vaccines. Simelane said the national Department of Health had promised that KZN would get more vaccines in 10
'I've seen the worst of Aids, TB, but nothing compares to Covid' - a community health worker's story February 25, 2021
Buyelwa Lavisa has been a community health worker in the Eastern Cape for many years She says she has seen the worst of the Aids pandemic .... This phase is focused on getting healthcare workers inoculated. On Sunday, the national department of health said that more than 10 000
Nelisiwe Msomi
110 COVID-19 fatalities and 1,862 infections recorded February 25, 2021
One hundred and ten people have died from COVID-19 complications bringing the number of fatalities to 49, 523 since the start of the ...for health R6.5 billion will be allocated to the National Department of Health to buy and distribute the vaccine dose. Med scheme covers
SA seeks to trigger waivers to temporarily suspend patent laws to produce COVID-19 vaccines February 25, 2021
South Africa remains at the forefront of efforts at the World Trade Organisation to trigger waivers that would temporarily suspend patent ...-Iweala says, “The WTO rules which talk about the TRIPS agreement, talks about intellectual property and how there can be flexibilities
Mkhize innocent until proven guilty: ANC February 25, 2021
Image: GCIS In 2020, the President signed a proclamation allowing the SIU to probe any allegations relating to the misuse of COVID-19 funds.the tender to provide communications on the roll out of the National Health Insurance (NHI) and later the COVID-19 pandemic. ANC Treasurer-
Tshepiso Moche
MBOWENI UNVEILS R2 TRILLION BUDGET, FOCUS ON VACCINE ROLLOUT, EFFICIENT SPENDING February 25, 2021
With the ravages of COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns eroding an already shaky economy, the Finance Minister and his team at Treasury ...money – R6.5 billion – will be allocated to the national Department of Health to buy and distribute the vaccine doses, with R2,4 billion
Private sector gets a third of first jabs February 22, 2021
Health workers in the private sector have been allocated onethird of the first batch of 80,000 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccines, ...Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccines, the department of health announced on Sunday, as vaccination made a bumpy start at the Steve Biko
Major spike in SA's COVID-19 fatalities raises death toll to 38,288 January 20, 2021
Eight hundred and thirty-nine more people have passed away after contracting the virus.in South Africa #CoronaVirusSA pic.twitter.com/fZ1p12Kyr3 Department of Health (@HealthZA) January 19, 2021 Download the Eyewitness News
Tara Penny
WHATSAPP ERROR LEADS TO OXYGEN TROUBLE FOR EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH January 20, 2021
The Eastern Cape Department of Health has admitted that their acting superintendent-general has misread a letter posted on a medical oxygen .... It was in this group that Afrox posted the correspondence and the Department of Health took it as directed at them. However, Afrox has
Update on Covid-19 (19th January 2021) January 20, 2021
Media Statement 19 January 2021 As of today the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified on South Africa is 1 356 716 Province Total ...treated these patients Our recoveries now stand at 1 144 857 , representing a recovery rate of 84% Dr. Zwelini Mkhize Minister of Health END