Gauteng

As Covid-19 cases continue to climb in the country, law enforcement officers have not been spared. Darren Stewart, Gallo Images Five police stations in Gauteng have been temporarily closed after seven staff members tested positive for Covid-19.The buildings will be reopened once decontamination has taken place.Alternative locations have been found for community service centres.Five Gauteng…

The rate of increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Gauteng has risen in recent days.The province's Health MEC predicts it will see around 300 000 cases by the end of August.As of 1 July, 244 people had died in the province.As Covid-19 cases have started to spike in Gauteng, all government hospitals in…

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde thanks nurses and health care workers during a recent visit to Ceres in the Cape Winelands. PHOTO: Twitter/Premier Alan Winde Gauteng needs to have a strategy on prevention of Covid-19 in order to flatten the curve in the wake of the peak, says Dr Aslam Dasoo of Progressive Health Forum.Among…

Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku speaking at BMW SA in Midrand, Johannesburg. Gauteng Provincial Government The Gauteng provincial government is looking at various options to reduce the spread of the virus as the peak approaches. Health MEC Bandile Masuku said the department continues to monitor and adapt its response.The department also discourages the pronouncement by…

Gauteng provincial legislature has approved 4.9% hospital tariff increase. The fee is for services payable by patients at provincial hospitals, mortuaries and for ambulance services. In approving the adjustments, the committee took into consideration the current unfavourable economic environment brought about by Covid 19 and its impact on citizens. The Gauteng provincial legislature's committee on scrutiny of subordinate…