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Vaccines effective in reducing deaths, hospitalisations

Vaccines effective in reducing deaths, hospitalisations
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Covid-19: Delta variant makes up around half of Western Cape s cases, expert says

Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image More than 50% of the Western Cape s Covid-19 positive tests are of the Delta variant, genome sequencing suggests. Cases containing the Delta variant were initially concentrated in the private sector. These had now spread to the public sector, said Professor Mary-Ann Davies, a public health specialist from the Western Cape health department, during a digital briefing on Thursday. Acting Minister of Health, Mmamoloko Kubayi, on Saturday announced that the Delta variant, which was first identified in India, had started to spread rapidly and was beginning to dominate new infections. Support independent journalism Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism.

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Covid-19: Number of cases in the Western Cape surpasses first wave peak

Covid-19: Number of cases in the Western Cape surpasses first wave peak
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WATCH | Western Cape ready to roll out vaccines

Also, 40% of the dosage allocation would be for the private sector. Mbombo said the vaccine would be stored at the facility in cold rooms, between two to eight degrees Celsius. The vaccines, which arrived at OR Tambo International Airport from India, are currently undergoing verification in Bloemfontein - thereafter the long-awaited vaccines will be distributed to various provinces. Security Provincial health department director of pharmacy services, Kim Lowenherz, said: Security is, of course, of utmost importance, so you will have unmarked police officers accompanying vaccine distribution as they leave. Maintaining the cold chain of the vaccines are also important so while they are distributed to the various hospitals they (the hospitals) is in charge of distributing and they have to maintain the cold chain.

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Covid-19 second wave crashes over four provinces

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Ten days after South Africans got the December party started, Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize announced that a second wave of Covid-19 infections was sweeping the country with a worrying rate of infections among young people. With more than 8,000 new cases confirmed on Thursday, outbreaks in four provinces are driving the current wave of coronavirus infections, with the majority of new cases from the Western Cape (30%), followed by the Eastern Cape (24%), KwaZulu-Natal (23%) and Gauteng (17%). The National Department of Health (DOH) has set an incidence rate of five per 100,000 people as the measurement for a hotspot. All four provinces had exceeded this rate, Mkhize said. While his announcement was accompanied by strong words of caution, he did not specify further restrictions.

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