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Lockdown curfew from 1 MayThe department added 7 757 people, who were in contact with those who tested positive, have been traced.Of those, 4 223 have completed the 14-day monitoring period with no symptoms of Covid-19 manifesting. They are now out of self-isolation.BreakdownBreaking the Gauteng infections down by district, Johannesburg is still the hardest hit metro in…

What should take 10-15 years, the global scientific community hopes to cram into months. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there are 70 vaccines in the works for COVID-19, four of the most promising are already being tested. The billions being spent now could help return the economy back to normality. There is no guarantee…

The rate of Covid-19 infections is lower than the global one, according to the acting director-general of the Department of Health, Dr Anban Pillay.At a press briefing on Saturday with Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel, Pillay said currently, the trend suggested about 3% of people,…

More than 200 Cuban health professionals are expected to arrive in South Africa on Sunday to help the country in its fight against Covid-19, according to Cuban Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson.The 217 members of the "Medical Brigade" include family physicians, epidemiologists, biologists, healthcare technology experts, engineering experts, biotechnology experts and other specialists, the embassy said…

Govt relaxes regulations for funerals - here's what you need to knowTeams have been dispatched to Port St Johns to attempt to control the spread of the virus and are screening, testing and tracing community members.On Saturday morning, the province had 480 confirmed cases, six deaths and 25 recoveries. The figure increased from 270 cases…