2020-05-19 13:36 If people are allowed to flood back to the way life was before, infections would surge, effectively undoing everything that has been sacrificed thus far. The sun has risen and set 54 times since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced plans to lockdown South African society in a bid to stall the spread of the Covid-19…
2020-05-14 14:08 While ... measures are put in place, more needs to be done to bolster our healthcare system. Professional medical teams need to be reinforced with medical experts, psychologists and social scientists, writes Zweli Mkhize.South Africans have borne the brunt of nationwide lockdown for more than six weeks thus far – the diligence and…
Cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss NCCC terms of serviceMkhize said it was regrettable that the fight against the pandemic had caused the death of some healthcare workers. He said the contribution of nurses was immeasurable.Mkhize said the pandemic had magnified the cracks and exposed the impact of unequal distribution of resources between public and…
WATCH | Ramaphosa accepts R1bn worth of protective gear from NaspersHe confirmed the NHLS had received 10 000 kits for the GeneXpert machines earlier this month, and a further 15 000 were expected this week."The United States government has not placed any restrictions on the export of Covid-19 test kits," a representative of the US State Department said in…
peak infection rate of Covid-19 to September, a key objective."The issue is when we started with the lockdown we wanted to slow down the viral infection. To suddenly open without putting in place the necessary mechanisms for limiting the spread… if you just go back to normal, we are actually going to go to an…
The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives. Published: June 12, 2026, 12:05 am Consumer Reports says the USDA should release information about Salmonella testing methods for some chicken products that it first deemed adequate but under the Trump
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have