Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. (GCIS) The death toll nationwide from Covid-19 now stand at 908.Infections increased to 43 434 nationwide, up from 2 642 the day before.Recoveries from the virus to date stand at 23 088, or 53.2%.Another 60 people have died of the coronavirus, 53 of them in the Western Cape, says Health MinisterZweli Mkhize."This…
By Adam Vaughan A woman and carer in Manchester during the UK lockdownSteve Forrest/Panos Pictures THE UK has been a leader in its coronavirus response, but not in a way any government would aspire to. The country now has the highest absolute excess deaths in Europe, 59,537 more than usual since the week ending 20…
Published on Jun 2, 2020The number of newly-recorded deaths linked to Covid-19 in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level for 7 weeks according to the Office for National Statistics.But on a separate measure of excess deaths from March to May across the UK, there were almost 62,000 more deaths than might have…
29 May 23:23 South Africa now has 29 240 coronavirus cases after a spike of 1 837 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours. There are 34 new deaths, bringing the total fatalities to 611.Have a look at some of our top stories:British American Tobacco in new urgent court bid to undo cigarette banBritish…
Another Cape Town school hit by positive cases during prep weekHowever, Winde also expressed concern over possible confusion about the different levels of lockdown for "hotspots" from 1 June.He said this could lead to people moving to places with lower lockdown alerts.ComplicateThis could also complicate the lives of commuters, who had to move through different…
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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