Tygerberg Hospital hails early planning for being able to cope with COVID-19
The tertiary hospital admitted its first coronavirus patient on 25 March.
Almost a year later, more than 11,000 COVID-19 patients have been treated there.
The Western Cape currently has more than 13,500 active coronavirus cases, while 10,238 died since the pandemic was declared.
From early on, when COVID-19 was battering countries in Europe and parts of China, experts at Tygerberg Hospital were preparing to safely admit and care for patients at the facility.
One of them was infectious diseases specialist, Doctor Jantjie Taljaard. We were, together with the infection prevention and control department in the hospital, we were basically the first responders, we kind of raised the flag on the pending respiratory virus and then after that, we became basically advisors to management and we supported our department of medicine who led the massive response within the hospital.
WC request for some restrictions to be lifted to save jobs This request was based on evidence and data, setting out our current Covid-19 statistics, the fact that we have exited our second wave peak, as well as details of our health platform interventions. Source Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 18:54 The Western Cape Government has not yet received the details on when the first vaccine doses, announced by the National Government, will arrive in the Western Cape.
WESTERN CAPE NEWS - Update on the coronavirus by Premier Alan Winde:
Yesterday I announced that I had written to the Minister of Health, Dr Mkhize, to request that some restrictions, declared under the national Disaster Management Act, be relaxed in the Western Cape so that we could save jobs in our province.
22 December 2020 - Scientists Collective
What are the urgent steps that South Africans need to take to prepare for a timeous life-saving roll out of vaccines?
Some of the members of the Scientists Collective are acknowledged as world leaders in the vaccine field, and are in a position to consider and provide answers to the difficult questions about meeting one of the greatest challenges South Africa has ever faced, the mass vaccination of the population.
Over the next few months, we expect to have further information on the safety and effectiveness of a range of other Covid-19 vaccines.
We can’t do full justice to all the intricacies of vaccines and how they work, but in this Advisory we will link you to trustworthy and relevant information (see our article on misinformation here), together with safe links to trusted sites.
22 December 2020 - Scientists Collective
What are the urgent steps that South Africans need to take to prepare for a timeous life-saving roll out of vaccines?
Some of the members of the Scientists Collective are acknowledged as world leaders in the vaccine field, and are in a position to consider and provide answers to the difficult questions about meeting one of the greatest challenges South Africa has ever faced, the mass vaccination of the population.
Over the next few months, we expect to have further information on the safety and effectiveness of a range of other Covid-19 vaccines.
We can’t do full justice to all the intricacies of vaccines and how they work, but in this Advisory we will link you to trustworthy and relevant information (see our article on misinformation here), together with safe links to trusted sites.
Some of the members of the Scientists Collective are acknowledged as world leaders in the vaccine field, and are in a position to consider and provide answers to the difficult questions about meeting one of the greatest challenges South Africa has faced, the mass vaccination of the population.
Over the next few months, we expect to have further information on the safety and effectiveness of a range of other Covid-19 vaccines.
We can’t do full justice to all the intricacies of vaccines and how they work, but in this advisory we will link you to trustworthy and relevant information (see our article on misinformation here), together with safe links to trusted sites.