Hospital rejects heart transplant patient after he refuses COVID-19 vaccine
He is now in the critical stages of heart failure.
He is now in the critical stages of heart failure.
By Kaya 959 Reporter The Health Department is expected to officially roll out COVID-19 booster shots on Friday. "The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority approved the use of Pfizer vaccine as a booster of the primary Pfizer vaccine two-dose series some time ago," the department said in a statement. It says this approval is for the vaccination of people six months after the administration of the second dose. Booster […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter While Gauteng continues to record the highest number of daily COVID-19 infections, experts say many patients have milder symptoms compared to those who tested positive in previous waves. According to CEO of Netcare, Dr Richard Friedland, data across its hospitals and primary healthcare facilities shows important early trends. "Having personally seen many of our patients across our Gauteng hospitals, their symptoms are far milder than anything […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter The Gauteng Department of Education is being urged to consider closing schools earlier due to the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the province. Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says Gauteng is the hardest hit province. He adds that closing schools early "is the right thing to do". He says the country is in the 4th wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Makaneta adds that it makes no […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter At least seven provinces have shown a sustained increase in new COVID-19 infections, heralding the fourth wave. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says the proportion of positive tests in Gauteng has risen dramatically in the last two weeks. "SA is entering into the fourth wave with seven provinces; Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and Western Cape having sustained increases in COVID-19 cases. […]
By Katlego Sekhu Business for South Africa (B4SA) has called on our government to quickly restrict access to public indoor areas such as supermarkets and specific services to vaccinated South Africans. B4SA is an alliance of South African volunteers working with the South African government, other social partners, and various stakeholders to mobilise business resources and capacity to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. In its current form, B4SA is focused on […]
27 September marks World Tourism Day. The day has been commemorated since 1980. Its purpose is to promote tourism within the different countries of the world. The past two years have been hard on the tourism industry. This is because many countries banned tourism to curb the spread of COVID-19. But with more people getting vaccinated, many countries have eased tourism restrictions. Vaccination has been proven to help reduce a […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter The current surge in COVID-19 infections seems to be showing signs of a sustained downward trend. That's according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). On Tuesday, the NICD said 2 197 new cases were confirmed. It said the 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased. The increase represents a 6.1% positivity rate compared to last week's 8.4%. As per the National Department […]
By: Poelano Malema South African singer, Amanda Black, has been trending on Twitter following her controversial Tweets, where she questioned the coronavirus vaccines. She said government needs to be transparent and answer questions about the vaccine passport which President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the Department of Health is exploring. "We need a Q&A with government and health advisors about the questions and concerns people have regarding he vaccine and vaccine […]