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Public health expert urges caution as people return home from Easter break Professor Alex van den Heever, a health and social security systems specialist, said that the movement between provinces did not necessarily drive a wave unless they were going into a context where super spreading was very risky. FILE: A nurse from Lancet Nectare hospital performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Richmond, Johannesburg, on 18 December 2020. Picture: AFP. 2 hours ago CAPE TOWN - With thousands of people moving between provinces over the Easter long weekend, a public health expert has appealed to people to exercise caution. Traffic authorities in the Western Cape said that close to 500,000 vehicle movements were tracked at sites including the N2, N7 and R27 over the Easter long weekend. ....
SA records 1,273 new COVID cases and 49 deaths The Department of Health on Friday said 1,273 new coronavirus cases have been picked up on the same day pushing the country s known caseload to over 1,550,000. FILE: A nurse from Lancet Nectare hospital performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Richmond, Johannesburg, on 18 December 2020. Picture: AFP. 3 hours ago JOHANNESBURG – Forty-nine more people have died in the last 24 hours here in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus, pushing the country s death toll to 52,946. The Department of Health on Friday said 1,273 new coronavirus cases have been picked up on the same day pushing the country s known caseload to over 1,550,000. ....
1,294 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in SA as govt moves to curb Easter spike According to the health department, 1,294 infections were also picked up over the past 24 hours – taking the known caseload since March 2020 to 1,549,000. FILE: A nurse from Lancet Nectare hospital performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Richmond, Johannesburg, on 18 December 2020. Picture: AFP. one hour ago JOHANNESBURG – Fifty-one more people have passed away in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus. The new fatalities pushed the country s COVID-19 death toll to 52,897 since the start of the pandemic. According to the health department, 1,294 infections were also picked up over the past 24 hours – taking the known caseload since March 2020 to 1,549,000. ....