Refinery issues and weather delays were behind a recent LPG shortage.People on social media had complained of being unable to find gas for their stoves and heaters.The energy department said there should no longer be a shortage.The recent shortage of liquefied petroleum has (LPG) in the Western Cape was due to weather related and refinery…
4 228 public healthcare workers in the Western Cape have been infected with Covid-19.Numbers in the Western Cape are said to have been "stable" for the past 10 days.The province currently has the second highest number of infections in the country.Covid-19 numbers in the Western Cape are said to have been "stable" for the past…
According to a report, Western Cape's daily trauma cases went up 62% after lifting of alcohol ban on 1 June. After booze was unbanned on 1 June, trauma-related deaths went up by 307% and road deaths by 260%.These and more alcohol-related harms filled hospital beds - already needed by Covid-19 patients.This led to the Western…
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said the province is only using approximately 60% of its available oxygen supply as coronavirus cases increase. A total of 1 636 Covid-19 patients are currently hospitalised in the Western Cape, with 300 of those in intensive care or high care units. The province is only using approximately 60% of its…
Western Cape premier, Alan Winde. (Malherbe Nienaber/Netwerk24) Western Cape Premier Alan Winde is self-isolating at home for the next 14 days after confirming he tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday."I received a positive test result for Covid-19 this morning, and I am in self-isolation at home for 14 days," Winde said in a statement on…
The U.S. company that sold infant formula related to the most recent outbreak of infant botulism imported the product from Germany. However, Nara Organics has not named the specific manufacturer of the formula. “Nara works with a state of the art manufacturer in Germany who has over 70 years of experience making top European infant
When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often impossible. Investigators matched bacteria using crude “fingerprinting” methods that could tell you two samples looked similar
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara