With a national backlog in Covid-19 tests, the Western Cape is prioritising testing for the most high-risk groups, for now.These groups include people who are already in hospital, healthcare workers, people older than 55 and people who have comorbidities.Premier Alan Winde has pleaded for patience as they wait for more test kits to become available.The…
pic.twitter.com/CIl9xIDN6E— FS Government (@fsgov) May 18, 2020The capital city made headlines earlier this year when, following a church gathering at the Divine Restoration Ministries in March, at least 67 people tested positive for Covid-19.READ HERE | UN chief in full support of SA government's 'strong, necessary' measures against Covid-19Earlier in the day, Ntombela's counterpart in…
Eastern Cape, were still not ready to start the process, while Gauteng and the Western Cape reportedly indicated that they were.The unions said the report from the department covered the first part of the reopening which entailed staff going to back to work and putting in place non-negotiables ahead of pupils' return.LoopholesHowever, there were various…
The CDC is reporting 3,123 more cases of Cyclospora infections compared with a week ago in an outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce from a Taylor Farms growing operation in Central Mexico. The total number of patients for the outbreak now stands at 9,481with 398 hospitalizations. Two people in Michigan have died. The Centers for Disease
Published: August 12, 2026, 7:23 pm Whole Foods Market is recalling dozens of products that contain jalapeños because they are part of a larger recall connected to a Salmonella outbreak. The jalapeños were sourced from Coast Citrus Distributors and were recalled because of Salmonella contamination. There are 345 confirmed patients across 27 states in the
Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could take cigarette breaks. He smoked a pack of menthols daily for nearly 40 years. As a registered nurse at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and