Premier Alan Winde and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize at the temporary hospital established in the Cape Town International Convention Centre. (Supplied, Western Cape Government) Supplied, Western Cape Government More than 200 patients have been admitted to the CTICC's Hospital of Hope since it opened its doors 20 days ago.The province announced that 38 more people…
First look inside the CTICC as it gets converted into 850-bed field hospitalWinde said of the "pivot" to transform the tourism facility into a medical care site: "It was quite impressive. In my job, every single day, I look at the numbers, I look at the numbers of infections climbing every single day, the hospitalisation…
GRAPHIC | Western Cape cases rise to 1 778: Why Cape Town is the new national hot spot"The CTICC has agreed to waive the hire cost of the venue, as part of its contribution to the fight against coronavirus. The temporary infrastructure build, operating and catering costs for the initial hire period will total approximately…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two