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Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba is expected to appear before the Special Tribunal, following allegations of financial irregularities, involving her department, in a controversial R10 million scooter project.Tribunal spokesperson Selby Makgotho confirmed this to News24 on Thursday morning. Makgotho said Gomba, departmental Superintendent General Dr Thobile Mbengashe, chief financial…

Health officials in Michigan are reportedly urging people to stay indoors after 10 counties confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis in 22 horses and one suspected human case. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirmed 22 horse cases in 10 counties and one suspected human case in Barry County as of Wednesday, the…

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says his department will recommend easing lockdown restrictions further. This is owing to declining numbers of reported Covid-19 cases countrywide. Mkhize says a high level of immunity may already exist in SA. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said his department would make recommendations to Cabinet to ease lockdown restrictions, such as those relating to the…

Laura Seitz, KSL, File By Graham Dudley, KSL.com | Updated - Sep. 5, 2020 at 1:34 p.m. | Posted - Sep. 5, 2020 at 1:06 p.m. the pandemic began. The total number of deaths in the state increased only by one Saturday, but health department spokesperson Charla Haley explained that one Salt Lake County long-term…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) sent out information on Friday about plague activity being present in the state.As of Friday, there were at least two confirmed human cases of the plague this summer. The latest case was reported to the state health department on Thursday for…