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DoH: People over 50 now eligible for additional Pfizer COVID booster shot
People aged 50 and older are now eligible for an additional booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 jab. The Health…
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COVID-19 cases increase by 1 127
The Health Department reported that 1,127 new COVID-19 infections have been recorded. A further four deaths were reported, bringing the…
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Government to look into poor state of hospitals
The Health Department will look into allegations of poor conditions at public hospitals. It follows an open letter from a…
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SA COVID-19: 3 237 new cases, 4 deaths
South Africa has recorded 3,237 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. 17,310 tests were conducted in the same…
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Prof Shabir: Government doesn’t have clear goal on COVID regulations
Wits University Professor of Vaccinology Shabir Mahdi says the government doesn’t seem to have a clear goal on what it’s…
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SA Covid-19: Expert says wearing of face masks vital
Virology expert Professor Barry Schoub says it is still crucial for South Africans to continue wearing face masks. The Health…
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Update: SA COVID-19: Mask-wearing rule remains
Bad news for those waiting to be mask free from Thursday. The Health Department says it is still compulsory to…
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Parents & caregivers encouraged to ensure children have full measles vaccination
Parents and caregivers are being advised to ensure their children are up to date with their vaccination for measles. This…
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SA COVID-19: Temporary regulations on the cards
South Africa has seen a steady increase in Covid-19 infections over the last two weeks. The Health Department’s Nicholas Crisp…
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SA COVID-19: 4 954 new cases, 2 deaths recorded
There are 4,954 new COVID-19 cases that have been reported in South African in the last 24-hours. 21,970 tests were…
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SA COVID-19: Cases continue to rise amid fears of 5th wave
There’s been another notable rise in South Africa’s daily COVID-19 infections as 4,230 tests came back positive over the last…
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Post-mortems have been completed on nearly 400 of the flood victim bodies
The Health Department says the Pathology Forensic Team has finished post-mortems on 377 of the 455 bodies recovered after the…
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Health Dept will rebuild Charlotte Maxeke Hospital at half its estimated cost
The Health Department has promised to somehow rebuild the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital for half the cost that had been…
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Repairs to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital marred by criminals looking for scrap metal
The Health Department says despite strategies to accelerate the repairs to and refurbishing of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital,…
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SA COVID-19: Proposed regulations open for comment
The Health Department has published new COVID-19 regulations for public comment. If approved, they will replace the National State of…
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Medical waste collection contract dropped for non-payment
The collection of medical waste from Gauteng hospitals and clinics has been disrupted. The service has been stopped, allegedly because…
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Eastern Cape Community healthcare workers protest over termination of contracts
Community healthcare workers in the Eastern Cape took their grievance to the door of the health department again on Wednesday…
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Health Dept: Fewer South Africans showing up for their first COVID jabs
There’s been a drop in the number of people getting their first COVID-19 shots. The Health Department said that following…
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SA records 785 new COVID-19 cases
The health department recorded 785 new COVID-19 cases. Gauteng recorded 318 cases followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 158 and the Western…
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SA records 127 COVID deaths & 2 111 new cases
127 people have died from COVID-19 related complications while three of the reported deaths were picked up in the last…
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COVID-19: 2 411 positive tests recorded in SA
On South African shores, another 2,411 COVID tests have come back positive over the last 24-hour reporting period, a positivity…
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COVID: SA records 1 456 new infections and 50 deaths
The Health Department said that one COVID-related death was confirmed over the past 48 hours. However, the ongoing audit has…
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South Africa reduces intervals between COVID vaccine jabs & allows mixing of booster shots
South Africans older than 18 can now mix their COVID-19 vaccine booster dose. The Health Department has announced that adults…
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Corruption blamed for Charlotte Maxeke Hospital delays
The Health Department partly blames the delay to fully repair Charlotte Maxeke Hospital on corruption. A large part of the…
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Health Dept reworks campaign to encourage youth to vaccinate
The Health Department is developing and reworking its strategy to encourage young people to vaccinate. The Department alongside Social Development…
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South Africa records 2 364 COVID infections, 181 deaths
South Africa’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate has dropped slightly to 7.7%. This means that the country has recorded 2,364 infections…
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South Africa COVID death toll rises to 96 993, 1 649 new cases recorded
South Africa’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate is at 8.1%. This means that 1,649 new infections were recorded over the past…
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SAMA threatens legal action over doctors unpaid salaries
The South African Medical Association is threatening to take legal action against the Health Department. More than 50 Gauteng doctors…
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COVID-19: Newly established committee to discuss safety of vaccines for children
A newly established enquiry committee will be meeting this coming Friday, to discuss the safety of COVID vaccines for children.…
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South Africa hits target of 30 million administered COVID vaccines
South Africa has finally hit the target of 30 million vaccines administered in the country. The government had hoped to…
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Health Department warns of potential backlog in COVID death reporting in South Africa
In the last 24 hours, 3,789 positive COVID cases have been identified in South Africa. This represents a 10,6% positivity…
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South Africa records 3 658 new COVID cases as death toll rises to 93 551
The Health Department’s ongoing audit continues to uncover backlogs in reporting around COVID-19 deaths. It has confirmed that 100 more…
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COVID: 161 deaths reported in last 24 hours
In the last 24-hour reporting cycle, 161 people have died from COVID-19 related complications, pushing the death toll to 93,278.…
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COVID-19: NICD warns of potential backlog in reporting
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported 128 COVID deaths in the last 24 hours but warned that…
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COVID-19 deaths surpass 93 100 in SA
The Health Department has reported that 5,244 new COVID-19 infections have been recorded countrywide. The Western Cape is leading with…
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SA COVID-19: 2 409 new cases, 77 deaths recorded
A total of 2,409 new COVID-19 cases and sadly 77 more deaths have been recorded on Monday. This brings the…
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SAMA supports revised COVID-19 contact tracing, quarantine & isolation protocols
SAMA supports Health Dept’s revised contact tracing, quarantine, isolation protocols. The South African Medical Association says it supports the Health…
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COVID-19: J&J booster shot available
The Health Department is ready to roll out J&J booster shots. To qualify for the booster the single-dose shot should…
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Health Department revises COVID-19 quarantining and tracing protocols
The Health Department is stopping contact tracing and quarantining of COVID-19 contacts. It will still do tracing in congregate or…
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Limpopo family plans to sue Health Department after losing daughter
The family of a 34-year-old woman who died with her stillborn baby on the first of December at the Lebowakgomo…
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Health Department: Scientists confirm Omicron’s increased transmissibility
The Health Department has given an update on the Russian-South African scientific mission to study the clinical characteristics of the…
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COVID-19 infections in SA decrease but death toll rises
There has been a decrease in South Africa’s daily COVID-19 infection rate, but the death toll has risen dramatically over…
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Government to hold Vooma Vaccination week campaign
The Health Department will hold a Vooma Vaccination week from Friday until 10 December. It’s part of efforts to mitigate…
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COVID-19: Health Dept urges citizens to get vaccinated as Tshwane flagged a hotspot
The Health Department said all South Africans should be concerned that the number of COVID-19 cases was increasing again and…
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Nehawu embarks on day of action in Limpopo
Scores of National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members in Limpopo are expected to march to the Office…
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South Africa records 868 new COVID cases, 51 deaths
The Health Department has started to include the results of rapid antigen testing in its COVID-19 statists. Initially, all coronavirus…
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COVID-19 infections increase by 312, 10 more deaths recorded
The health department said 312 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. Ten more people have lost…
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Panic mounts as South Africa told to practice good food hygiene in wake of deaths
As panic mounts over reports of contaminated noodles that allegedly claimed the lives of at least five children, South Africans…
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Health Department probes suspected food poisoning deaths as public fear mounts
The Health Department has launched an urgent investigation into possible food poisoning after at least five children died from reportedly…
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COVID-19 surge could hit SA from mid-December to early January
Health Minister Joe Phaahla has warned that a surge in COVID-19 infections could hit South Africa from mid-December to early…
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