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Acting health DG 'acted unconstitutionally in Glenda Gray fight'Last week, Gray, the president of the SA Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and a member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC), came under fire over comments to News24 in which she criticised some of the government's lockdown regulations as "unscientific".In the interview, she claimed there were increased malnutrition…

All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesShe came under fire last week over comments to News24 in which she criticised some of the government's lockdown regulations as "unscientific" and, in some cases, thumb-sucked.In the interview, she claimed there were increased malnutrition cases in children at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. She later clarified her comment. Gray…

on Monday morning apologised for Gray's comments, in which she criticised the state's lockdown policy, and said it would institute a fact-finding investigation into the "damage" the comments might have caused. It also banned any of its staff from speaking to the media until the matter of Gray's comments was resolved.Pillay had requested an investigation into…