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Lockdown lingers, schools stay shut and provinces battl

Record number of excess deaths in first week of 2021 More than 20,000 South Africans died between 30 December 2020 and 5 January 2021, according to the Burden of Disease Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council. A record 10,907 were excess deaths from natural causes – the vast majority of which are likely attributed to Covid-19, says the council. Unnatural causes – such as accidents and murders – fell below the prediction. As James Stent and Nathan Geffen write: “By comparison, in the worst years of the Aids epidemic (in the 2000s), there were at most about 6,000 excess deaths due to the disease each week. But this went on year after year, while the current Covid-19 surge will subside in the short-term.”

Concern as some EC families exhume bodies of loved ones who died from COVID-19

Concern as some EC families exhume bodies of loved ones who died from COVID-19 There has been concern from society following revelations that some community members in the Eastern Cape have resorted to digging up the graves of their family members who succumbed to the coronavirus. © dolgachov/123rf.com 86 days ago JOHANNESBURG - The Eastern Cape Health Department said it was working on finding a common ground between ensuring citizens fulfilled their spiritual and religious rites while adhering to the law. Acting Head of Department Sibongile Zungu was answering questions from Members of Parliament on what they planned to do about the practice where families exhumed the remains of their loved ones who died from COVID-19 to among others, unwrap, the protective materials used to cover bodies.

EC Health MEC Gomba tests positive for COVID-19

EC Health MEC Gomba tests positive for COVID-19 14 December 2020 6:53 AM Share This: The department urged all of those who came into contact with the MEC to isolate and test immediately. JOHANNESBURG - The Eastern Cape Health Department on Sunday evening announced that Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has tested positive for the coronavirus. Gomba is one of the latest government officials to contract the virus. The department urged all of those who came into contact with the MEC to isolate and test immediately. It also said Gomba was asymptomatic and would resume her duties from home. Download the EWN app to your iOSor Androiddevice.

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