A general view of consumers queuing to buy liquor at Spar Tops in Melville. Gallo Images/Martin de Kock Ekurhuleni police arrested 265 people over the weekend for various crimes, including drunk driving, possession of narcotics and theft. Police also conducted visits to 102 pubs in the area, of which only nine were compliant with Covid-19 regulations. The…
Ekhuruleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina. (OJ Koloti, Gallo Images) The test was conducted after he had interacted with more than 100 stakeholders at the Ekurhuleni Covid-19 Food Bank.The mayor did not experience any symptoms.Regular testing for essential services providers is important to protect the communities in which they work, Masina said.Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina has tested…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
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