SA’s coronavirus test positivity rate climbed to the highest in more than three months, indicating that the number of undetected infections may be rising. Of those tested for the virus on Wednesday 13.4%, or 2,846 cases, were found to be infected, the highest proportion since January 13, the National Institute[…]
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 1,475 new cases of Covid-19 in the country in the latest 24-hour period. This increase represents a 9.9% positivity rate. Most new cases are from Gauteng (51%), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (23%). Western Cape accounted for 13%, Eastern Cape, Free State and[…]
Legal expert Modidima Mannya, says the lifting of the National State of Disaster by President Cyril Ramaphosa, does not mean that the regulations provided for in the disaster management act automatically disappear. President Ramaphosa said during the announcement that the rules on mask-wearing indoors still remain, as well as rules[…]
South Africa’s COVID-19 positivity rate has dropped to 5.7%. Over the past 24-hour reporting cycle, 1,497 tests came back positive. Most new cases were picked up in Gauteng that accounted for 39% of the latest caseload, followed by the Western Cape at 27% and KwaZulu-Natal at 20%. Sadly, the ongoing[…]
Thirty-nine people have succumbed to the coronavirus with six of these fatalities having occurred in the last day or two. This brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the country to 99,868. The National Institute of Communicable Diseases reported that 1,558 new COVID-19 cases had been identified in the[…]
The Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union (YNITU) will march to the Gauteng Department of Health on Wednesday morning, protesting against the decision not to renew temporary nursing posts. The Department says it cannot afford to renew all eight-thousand temporary posts created at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The jobs were rolled[…]
Co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has signed a document extending the national state of disaster to April 15. The extension was published in the Government Gazette. It was granted “taking into account the need to continue augmenting the existing legislation and contingency arrangements undertaken by organs[…]
Saudi Arabia on Saturday lifted precautionary and preventive measures related to combating the coronavirus pandemic. An official source in the Ministry of Interior said measures including social distancing and wearing masks outdoors are no longer mandatory in the Kingdom. The ministry, quoted by the Saudi Press Agency, also said that[…]
The Health Department’s ongoing audit has confirmed 18 previously unreported deaths linked to COVID-19. These fatalities take our death toll to closer to 10,000. South Africa also racked up 1,898 new infections over the latest 24-hour reporting cycle, a positivity rate of 6.3%. Meanwhile, health minister Joe Phaahla says there[…]
Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir has tested positive for Covid-19 after contracting the virus from a family member, she announced on Facebook on Saturday. “My youngest son tested positive for Covid-19 on February 1. Since then, another member of our household has also contracted the virus, so it was no[…]
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