Opening

Sept. 16, 2020Updated 12:29 p.m. ETAfter months of complaints about testing delays, New York City officials on Thursday are set to announce that they have opened a lab in Manhattan that should significantly cut down on wait times as the city prepares for its most ambitious period of reopenings, with public school classes and indoor…

New U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on education and child care come down hard in favor of opening schools, saying children don't suffer much from coronavirus, are less likely than adults to spread it and suffer from being out of school.But the new guidelines posted Thursday do recommend that local officials should…

Tanduxolo Mkhetshane, from Town 3 in Khayelitsha, was discharged from the 338-bed facility on Wednesday. (Supplied, Premier Alan Winde/Facebook) Tanduxolo Mkhetshane, 49, was transferred to the Brackengate intermediate care facility with moderate to severe Covid-19.He has been discharged.At least 24 patients have been admitted to Brackengate.An empty warehouse converted into a Covid-19 field hospital has discharged…

One SA Movement leader and former DA leader Mmusi Maimane. (Elizabeth Sejake, City Press) The Constitutional Court has denied Mmusi Maimane's movement direct access, on an urgent basis, to challenge government's decision to reopen schools.The court ruled that the applicant did "not make out a case for direct access".Schools are expected to resume on Monday.Maimane,…

Fumigation of a school in preparation for opening under Level 3 lockdown. (Photo: GCIS) The government is left with hours to file an answering affidavit to Mmusi Maimane's Constitutional Court challenge to the reopening schools.It asked for an extension until Monday, which failed, according to Maimane's lawyers.Maimane wants the court to consider the various lockdown…