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South Africans can now apply for a Covid-19 digital vaccine certificate  (Photo by Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Five steps to get your Covid-19 vaccine certificate

People without identity documents will have to wait for the government to put in place a proper vaccination system for them

Emergency: Nurse Salome Nkoana at Tembisa Hospital . The increased demand in Gauteng for oncology services has led to the establishment of treatment centres in the Chris Hani Baragwanath and Dr George Mukhari academic hospitals. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)

Specialists, nurses quit country’s ailing public health system

South Africa’s nurses are moving to the private sector or being recruited to high-income countries that are affected by the global shortage of healthcare professionals

Oxygen supplies in Gauteng remain stable amid third wave

More than 1 500 patients in Gauteng are currently on oxygen assistance

Carefully now: President Cyril Ramaphosa has his temperature taken. (ER Lombard/Gallo Images)

Hospitals near capacity: What the new Covid-19 restrictions mean for you

After a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections, President Ramaphosa has brought the country back to level three restrictions

No go: The project was beset by work stoppages, disputes and strikes.  (Paul Botes/M&G)

Covid-overflow hospital in ruins as SIU investigates

A high-level probe has begun into hundreds of millions of rand spent by the Gauteng health department to refurbish a hospital that is now seven months behind schedule – and lying…

(Graphic:Francois Smit)

Admissions soar as second wave tightens its hold

The number of admissions drastically increased in the first two weeks of January, showing the highest numbers since the pandemic reached SA across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the…

Medical oxygen suppliers see spike in demand

According to data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the past two weeks have seen more than 650 patients having to be put on ventilators

Potential white elephant: The construction site of Gauteng’s emergency Covid-19 hospital in Carletonville on the West Rand. It has cost about R500-million, but equipment for patients will add to that. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Emergency hospital: Gauteng’s potential R500-million albatross

Construction of an emergency Covid-19 hospital is running months behind deadline, promising to come online only after Gauteng’s peak