Covid-19 active cases in SA breach 40 000 Updated
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The number of active Covid-19 cases in South Africa has now breached the 40 000 mark, as South Africa approaches its imminent Covid-19 third wave.
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Statistics released by Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Sunday evening, show that South Africa has a total of 40 268 Covid-19 active cases.
Gauteng is the leading province with the most active cases at 11 144, followed by the Northern Cape at 7 579 and the Free State at 7 093.
Ramaphosa calls for solution to Covid-19 ‘vaccine divide’ Updated
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on world leaders to bring an end to the inequal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.
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The unequal distribution across the world of Covid-19 vaccines have seen the vaccines so far sold disproportionately more to richer countries.
Ramaphosa was speaking at the World Health Assembly on Monday.
“At this year’s World Health Assembly, we are urged to end this pandemic, prevent the next one and build a healthier, safer and fairer world,” he told delegates in a short speech.
“This requires that we attend with urgency and purpose to the huge divide in the provision of the Covid-19 vaccines to the peoples of the world.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have called for a travel ban to be issued against India due to the Covid-19 variant first identified in that country.
NICD to intensify screening amid new Covid variant discovered in India Updated
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The National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD) says it will intensify screening at South African ports of entry amid the B.1.617 Covid-19 variant first discovered in India.
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On Monday, the Netcare Hospital Group confirmed that a patient, who travelled from India to South Africa, tested positive for Covid-19 and was receiving treatment at a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal.
The new Covid-19 variant discovered in India has been attributed to the soaring numbers of the deadly virus in the country, on some days recording a whopping 300 000 new daily infections.