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Contact tracing is considered a critical tool in the fight to contain coronavirus, but what is it like to do the work?While medical staff are working to save lives from COVID-19, it’s the contact tracers who can actually stop the spread.READ: ‘Answer the phone’: Michigan health officials contacting residents about COVID-19 contactLocal 4 spoke with…

Gauteng MEC for Health, Dr Bandile Masuku. Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo Gauteng believes the number of Covid-19 recoveries will bypass active cases in the next two to three weeks. Masuku says they have already seen a jump in terms of the number of recoveries. However, of great worry is the number of deaths in the province. As…

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images via Getty Images Around 16 000 teachers across the country have underlying health conditions - a Covid-19 risk factor.Basic Education Minister Angie Mothshekga says the number of educators who work from home will be finalised.The reopening of schools and a surge in Covid-19 cases has been fiercely debated since…

chances of survival are much better today than they were a few months ago, researchers report in the journal Anaesthesia. The British study analyzed all published research from around the world on COVID-19 ICU deaths among adults, and it found the fatality rate dropped from 60 percent of ICU patients at the end of March…

4 228 public healthcare workers in the Western Cape have been infected with Covid-19.Numbers in the Western Cape are said to have been "stable" for the past 10 days.The province currently has the second highest number of infections in the country.Covid-19 numbers in the Western Cape are said to have been "stable" for the past…