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Researchers at the University of KwaZulu-Natal with the ILEX Genehecker. It will help improve the turnaround time for Covid-19 testing. New instrumentation will help UKZN reduce its turnaround time for testing from 24 hours to just six.The device is worth about $10 000 or R170 000.It was donated to the university by Gift of the…

The samples were meant to be transported to the National Health Laboratory Services' Port Elizabeth centre.A courier company has been asked to file a report of the incident.The Eastern Cape health department and the NHLS have launched investigations into the shocking incident. Covid-19 test samples were found dumped on the N2 roadside between King William's Town…

on. People got complacent. People got a little bit overly confident in our ability to manage, You know more normally and people started to act like it was summer. They started to act like they wanted to go back to parties and do lots of big things like that. And it's coming back and it's…

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala PHOTO: Supplied by KZN Health Department Covid-19 cases are emerging from KZN schools with mostly teachers infected.In one week, the number of cases at schools more than doubled.Schools will be shut down for no more than three days if infections are found, Zikalala said.Teachers are emerging as the most infected with…

President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa says the disturbing ostracism of people due to Covid-19 must stop.Communities protesting against coronavirus patients being admitted to local hospitals must also stop.He said the best way to overcome instinctive fear of illness and contagion is to observe the hygiene protocols.The stigmatisation of people who have contracted Covid-19 is…