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…
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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Published: November 06, 2026, 10:41 pm Last updated: November 07, 2026, 12:20 am A California pumpkin patch and petting zoo associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections reopened Nov. 6 with the owners saying environmental tests for the pathogen had come back negative. The San Luis Obispo county health department has not posted