This is where Cape Town's Covid-19 'hotspots' areCustoms data released by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition shows a spectacular surge, starting in January and continuing into the state of disaster declared in March. As a baseline, back in the first quarter of 2019, South Africa exported medical and industrial face masks worth roughly…
President Donald Trump has recommended states ramp up testing as they start relaxing some of the strict social distancing measures imposed to combat the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 1.3 million people and killed over 80,000 across the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins. Some say America needs to perform 20…
Where and when to wear cloth masks in public Cloth masks must be worn in Maine's public spaces starting May 1 On Wednesday, Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order extending the statewide Stay-At-Home order during the COVID-19 outbreak. The order continues through May 31.The order also states that everyone must wear a cloth mask…
Zinzan Brooke (Getty Images) Super Rugby as we know it today started back in the 1996 season when the sport officially turned professional.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021In that 1996 Super 12 season, the Blues finished second in the standings, with the Sharks in fourth. There was…
Now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged all Americans to cover their faces while out in public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, face masks have been in high demand.In light of the medical profession’s shortage of face masks, it’s imperative that the general public refrains from buying the medical-grade…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have