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'It’s very much through behaviour that we can delay the third wave and reduce the peak of the third wave,’ said Western Cape Health head Dr Keith Cloete.

The director-general in the Health Department, Sandile Buthelezi, told the joint committees on health on Friday the next few weeks would be difficult due to the rising Covid-19 numbers.

In the past 24 hours, about 4 424 new cases have been recorded, which represents a 10.2% positivity rate.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned that if the infection rate continues to rise and spread to other provinces the whole country could be affected by the third wave.

Covid-19: Mkhize warns third wave could hit entire South Africa Share Cape Town - If the infection rate continues to rise and spread to other provinces, the entire country could be affected by the third wave, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned. He told the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) yesterday that some of the provinces were in the third wave. If the infections hit other provinces, the third wave would engulf the country. He called for people to continue using non-pharmaceutical ...

DBE condemns fake news reports on school closures The Department of Basic Education has condemned the spread of false announcements of school closures. The DBE said it was aware of a manipulated image doing the rounds purporting to be an announcement from Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. “The false announcement makes the false assertion that schools will close from May 26 and reopen on June 28. “The department wishes to dismiss this image as fake news and continues to urge members ...

Third wave looming in SA: New restrictions you can expect Share CAPE TOWN - SA’s positivity rate had climbed past 10 percent which is well above the WHO’s recommended levels. On Monday, South Africa reported 2,383 new Covid-19 cases with 23,352 tests conducted in the last 24 hours – representing a 10.2% positivity rate. A further 72 Covid-19 related deaths were reported, bringing total fatalities to 55,874 to date. For nearly a month, the country has seen a sharp increase in posi...

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A vendor gives her samples for Covid-19 test, in Ranchi on Sunday RANCHI: A few of the country’s top paediatricians urged chief minister Hemant Soren and his senior bureaucrats to vaccinate the states young parents on priority, train doctors and paramedics on the treatment of Covid-infected children and set up ICU wards for children and minors below 18 years of age ahead of the third wave which could hit the country soon. In Jharkhand, there are 1.93 crore children aged under 18 years. On th...

KZN, Mpumalanga, North West and the Western Cape have experienced sustained increases over the past couple of weeks.