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With Illinois now more than a month into Phase Four of the "Restore Illinois" plan, where do each of the state's health care regions stand in key metrics related to the coronavirus pandemic? Here's a look at each region and its current performance on positivity rates and availability of hospital beds, ICU beds and ventilators,…

July 30, 2020Updated 10:03 a.m. ETImageThe North Central neighborhood of San Mateo, Calif. Credit...Jim McAuley for The New York TimesFirst, I wanted to ask what you thought about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new focus on the Central Valley.If you look at transmission rates in the Central Valley, they’re super high.One of the biggest challenges, especially among our…

Local airlines say the current lockdown restricts air travel. Although restrictions were eased last month, fewer people are flying. Picture: Alon Skuy / Gallo Images The main question that remains to be answered is where the funding to implement SAA's rescue plan will come from.Finance Minister Tito Mboweni does not exclude the possibility of approaching…

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says land is a low-hanging fruit that can change the fortunes of many in SA.He says the government must revisit the idea of schools reopening and that when the government is wrong it must be told and it must listen.He also says leaders must understand that public…

Covid-19 has devastated the Eastern Cape, and exposed the province's public healthcare shortcomings.At least 24 healthcare workers have died in the province, and about 800 have contracted Covid-19.One Eastern Cape undertaker reports an increase in 50 percent of bodies because of the pandemic.The tentacles of coronavirus have snaked into the Eastern Cape, delving stealthily into…