The DA might lose the vote to amend the provincial constitution to remove the post of environmental commissioner if it comes to a vote in the provincial legislature.
The Western Cape is a water scarce region and current climate change projections suggest a 30% reduction in annual rainfall by 2050, according to the provincial department of environmental affairs and development planning.
No detection of the Indian Covid-19 variant in the province yet, says Dr Cloete
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Cape Town - There has so far been no detection of the Indian variant of Covid-19 (B.1.617) in the province and no further instances of the UK variant (B.1.1.7), beyond the eight cases reported in early May, according to provincial head of health Dr Keith Cloete.
Briefing the legislature’s ad hoc committee on Covid-19 Dr Cloete warned however that the situation could change as the department’s virologists had experienced some challenges with sequencing machines and this meant there were some specimens still waiting to be sequenced.
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The process of vaccinating 16.5 million people in South Africa against Covid-19 by the end of October will begin on Monday, 17 May, as the national roll-out begins.
Provinces have admitted that the start of the Covid-19 vaccination programme will be slow. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, too, has acknowledged this.
The Department of Health has promised that 3,000 vaccination sites will be brought online during Phase Two of the programme. Those over 60 years old are able to register and receive a Covid-19 vaccine during Phase Two, which is scheduled to run from 17 May until the end of October.
Pfizer vaccines will be administered at 83 public sector sites and four private sector sites from 17 May, according to Mkhize on Sunday evening during a press briefing. He was joined by the health MECs of all nine provinces.