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2 Matric Rage superspreaders can be charged with attempted murder

2 Matric Rage superspreaders can be charged with attempted murder 1 February 2021 1:22 PM Share This: Attorney Maushami Chetty says knowingly attending a party with Covid-19 and partygoers then contracting the virus is an offence. National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) released a report of findings into the Matric Rage events that took place in early December 2020. Data collected from questionnaires and sample mapping of tests conducted confirms that some post-matric parties were super spreader events, reports Lester Kiewit. The report also states that two of the partygoers attended the KZN events with the knowledge that they already had Covid-19. 848 people at the same event subsequently contracted the virus.

Tshwane s Steve Biko Academic Hospital in the eye of the pandemic storm - Makhura

Tshwane’s Steve Biko Academic Hospital in the ‘eye of the pandemic storm’ – Makhura Gauteng Premier David Makhura hears from staff at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital. (Marcia Zali/Health-e News) As Covid-19 infections strain facilities in Gauteng, Premier David Makhura visited the hospital at the centre of the struggle against the pandemic. The wave of infections also prompted officials to reopen field hospitals. Gauteng Premier David Makhura has described the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane “the eye of the storm of the second wave of infections.” As Covid-19 infections strain facilities in Gauteng, the premier paid a visit to the struggling hospital on January 11. Makhura told journalists he was compelled to visit the overwhelmed hospital after disturbing social media images over the weekend. Social media users circulated photos of tents set up outside the hospital and filled with patients.

BLOGGING THE VIEW: Check these 5 new lockdown rules so you don t get caught out

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New Covid variant identified in SA could be driving second wave of infections

New Covid variant identified in SA could be driving second wave of infections 19 December 2020 2:12 PM Share This: The health minister announced the development on Friday. Epidemiologist Dr. Jody Boffa examines the evidence available so far. On Friday (18 December) South Africa recorded 8,725 new cases of coronavirus infections, bringing the total number of cases to over 900,000. At the same time Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that a variant of the SARS-COV-2 Virus (Covid-19) has been identified by local genomics scientists. It s been dubbed the 501.V2 Variant. (It s trending as #CovidVSOP on Twitter) It is still very early but at this stage, the preliminary data suggests that the virus that is now dominating in the second wave is spreading faster than the first wave.

Got questions about the new Covid-19 variant? Health department has the answers

What is the new SARS-CoV-2 variant? This new variant of the virus was discovered through routine genomic surveillance of SARSCoV-2 performed by a network of laboratories around the country (Network for Genomic Surveillance SA, NGS-SA). The new variant has been identified in almost 200 samples collected from over 50 different health facilities in Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. The new variant is different from the others that were circulating in SA because it has multiple mutations (changes) in the spike protein this is the very important part of the virus that binds to the receptor on the cells inside our body and that is also the main target for many of the antibodies produced during infection or after vaccination. Work is being done to understand what effect these mutations have on the behaviour of the virus and our body’s response to it particularly whether it makes the virus spread more easily, whether it might lead to more severe Covid-19, and whether the v

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