Science and Health
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Wearing a Mask Curbs the Spread of Covid-19
In her work of art, “Groping In The Dark”, Honoria Groves writes: “Some people are still groping in the dark, Stumbling along all alone, Refusing the hands stretched out to help. Ignoring the lamp offered to them.” If you had asked anyone a few months ago about the general public wearing masks when they venture […]
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SA Covid-19 Lockdown Reloaded
As the obliterating coronavirus sweeps the world by a devastating storm, citizens are enduring a prolonged depressing wave last visited on earth in 1918. It is recorded in the anals of history that the terminal “Spanish flu pandemic” over a century ago claimed “at least 50 million” innocent lives worldwide, the Center for Disease Control […]
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St. Augustine’s Hospital partially closed as 48 staff members test positive
On Tuesday, April 2020, South Africa recorded the death of the 13th person due to the stranglehold of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. Health Minister, Dr. Zweli Mkhize announced in a media briefing that out of the 66 people who tested positive for Covid-19, “about 48” were staff members at St. Augustine’s Hospital in Durban. The […]
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Government launches offensive strategy to combat Covid-19
The virus spreads like wildfire. The only way to limit is through social distancing. – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek Prime Minister Government has procured 60 bespoke mobile screening and testing units that are kitted to accelerate the discovery for Covid-19 infections, the Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize said Wednesday in a statement of the “Mobile […]
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Minister confirms 5 Covid-19 deaths in SA
On Tuesday Mar. 31, the Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize confirmed five (5) deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While the number of people dying from the coronavirus plague is increasing steadily, infection cases surged to 1, 353 to date. The South African government revealed its new plans to ramp up the screening and […]
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Motsepe Foundation Donates R1 Billion to Battle Covid-19 in SA
Motsepe Foundation has pledged a whopping R1 billion to aid the South African government wrestle down the horrors of the coronavirus epidemic. On Saturday Mar. 28 , the Founder and Chairman of the Foundation Dr. Practice Motsepe said that the country has to do whatever it takes to get the situation under control. People’s livelihoods […]
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Prominent ACDP leader tests positive for Covid-19
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) top leader Reverend [Rev.] Kenneth Meshoe was diagnosed with Covid-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus plague. Steven Swart, an ACDP Member of Parliament (MP), also did not escape the fatal scare. He tested positive. Rev. Meshoe and Swart, both MPs, were among those who attended a religious gathering […]
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First 2 Covid-19 Deaths in SA
Updated Mar. 27, 2020 | 20:30 South Africa has recorded its first novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) death since the initial case broke 22 days ago. In an earlier statement on Friday, the Minister of Health Dr. Zweli Mkhize announced “two deaths” and stated that: “These two deaths occurred in the Western Cape. One at a […]
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Covid-19 SA: Lockdown Begins Midnight
Time is ticking away towards the stringent control measures yet to be visisted on South Africans in their entire lives ever. By midnight (23:59) Thursday Mar. 26, South Africa will go on a lockdown for a period of 21 consecutive days. The South African Police Service and National Defense Force will enforce the national disaster […]
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Nearly 50% of Coronavirus Cases are in Gauteng
With almost 50% proportion of Covid-19 cases, the Gauteng Province is teetering on the brink of becoming the epicenter of the novel coronavirus pandemic in South Africa (SA). On Sunday Mar. 22, SA confirmed 34 new positive Covid-19 cases. According to Dr. Zweli Mkhize, the Minister of Health, the latest cases of coronavirus take the […]
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