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Calls for transparency in how KZN manages Covid-19

Coronavirus Greg Ardé - 14 Jan 2021

Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal

This is how medical aid schemes will help to fund SA’s vaccines

Coronavirus Tshegofatso Mathe - 5 Jan 2021

Medical aid schemes and businesses will help the government with the cost of acquiring enough vaccines for the South African population to achieve herd immunity

These are the vaccines South Africa could get

Health Tshegofatso Mathe - 4 Jan 2021

The government plans to vaccinate a minimum of 67% of the population (about 40-million people) to achieve herd immunity — when most of the population is resistant to an infectious disease — by the end of 2021.

Concern mounts for Eastern Cape health workers

Health Sibongile Portia Jonas - 16 Dec 2020

Nurses and other healthcare providers feel neglected and abused by the government and its representatives, who ignore their pleas for a safe working environment.

‘Beat the heat with cool zones’

Environment Sheree Bega - 31 Oct 2020

Temperatures being recorded in some parts of South Africa are already close to the limits at which humans can survive

Eastern Cape universities concerned by rising Covid cases

Education Bongekile Macupe - 21 Oct 2020

Fort Hare says 26 more students have tested positive while Walter Sisulu University says some of its students have been admitted to hospital.

Covid-19 sets HIV treatment and testing back

Coronavirus Pontsho Pilane - 4 Sep 2020

Fewer people are getting tested for HIV than last year. People are also battling to access chronic medication. These are some of the lasting effects of the lockdown and the coronavirus pandemic

‘We spread the virus knowingly at this hospital’ ― healthcare workers at Thelle Mogoerane

Coronavirus Chris Gilili - 19 Jun 2020

Doctors at one of the biggest provincial hospitals in Gauteng say they are being forced to attend to patients without PPE, as the number of healthcare workers infected increases

Pharmacists, denied frontline status, get PPE late

Coronavirus Tebadi Mmotla - 1 Jun 2020

Pharmacists at one of the major public hospitals in Gauteng say they only received sufficient protective gear after several of their colleagues contracted Covid-19.

Gauteng nurses say they did not take an oath to die

Coronavirus Tshegofatso Mathe - 29 May 2020

With more resources than other provinces, health workers in Gauteng still say they do not have enough protective equipment to ensure safety when working with Covid-19 patients

Covid infections among health workers increasing in Eastern Cape

Coronavirus Sabelo Skiti, Thanduxolo Jika & Chris Gilili - 29 May 2020

Health worker infections have risen to 170 at state and private hospitals and two healthcare staff succumb to the disease in a space of seven days

‘Healers are part of Covid solution’

Coronavirus Jan Bornman - 7 May 2020

Traditional healers feel they have been excluded from the national response to the coronavirus, despite most South Africans consulting them for a range of ailments including depression

Shifting patterns in Covid-19 cases leads to redrawing of battle plans

Article Lester Kiewit - 27 Apr 2020

The Western Cape has become the epicentre of the outbreak, and the tardy response of health officials in the Eastern Cape has Minister Zweli Mkhize worried but optimistic

200 Cuban medics to help SA fight Covid-19

Article Thanduxolo Jika - 25 Apr 2020

200 Cubans are flying to South Africa to help the defence force and health department respond to the pandemic

Effective communication from leadership is essential during a crisis

Article Brightness Mangolothi & Malesela Maubane - 15 Apr 2020

So far, the minister of health can be commended on his visible, open approach to keeping in touch with citizens during the pandemic

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Calls for transparency in how KZN manages Covid-19

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Covid-19 sets HIV treatment and testing back

‘We spread the virus knowingly at this hospital’ ― healthcare workers at Thelle Mogoerane

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Gauteng nurses say they did not take an oath to die

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200 Cuban medics to help SA fight Covid-19

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