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Covid-19: No international visitors allowed at KZN hospitals

No international visitors allowed as KZN hospitals limit visits to patients The KwaZulu-Natal department of health is limiting patient visitation and not allowing international visitors at any of its hospitals during the global coronavirus pandemic.

On Monday, MEC for health Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu announced that visiting hours would now be limited to one hour – 1pm to 2pm – and visitors would be limited to two per patient. International visitors will not be allowed at the facilities. Muslim Judicial Council distances itself from fake Covid-19 message.

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has distanced itself from a fake message being widely shared about Covid-19. The message, which was shared on WhatsApp at the weekend, claimed the source of the information was the MJC.

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With more people staying home and the roads quieter, people are driving faster – especially on highways and freeways. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA), which on Monday encouraged people to be safe and to continue to follow the rules of the road. Stellenbosch Municipality reducing number of staff at all offices The Stellenbosch Municipality said on Monday it was reducing the number of staff at all municipal offices by 50% until further notice.

Administrative staff will be required to work from home on a rotational basis, “helping us limit physical contact as much as possible while still enabling us to effectively deliver services to residents”, the municipality said. The municipality is doing all it can to protect our employees, while still ensuring that essential services such as refuse removal, area cleaning, water and electricity services continues as normal,” it said in a statement.

In other news – Sho Madjozi disgusted by DJ Shimza’s #QuarantineOnlineParty

As Covid-19 continues to spread, South Africans have been encouraged to practice strict social distancing and proper sanitization, which is why Sho Madjozi believes the DJs with good-intentions who planned the #QuarantineOnlineParty over the weekend could have done better.

Sho Madjozi

Sho took to Twitter to express her disappointment about the DJs “hosting’ the party in one house, basically equating the situation to a house party. Read more

Source: Timeslive

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