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Vaccine influencers and queue jumpers criticised
By Nathan Adams
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As the Sisonke Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 trial came to end, there were concerns that people who should not be getting the jab were exploiting loopholes to get vaccinated.
The definition of health-care worker was expanded and this meant that more people were eligible for the vaccine trial.
A technology content producer and blogger, known only as “Cape Town Guy” tweeted that he was alerted via a WhatsApp message that vaccines would expire and then rushed to the Mitchells Plain District Hospital, where he was vaccinated.
He tweeted: “I got the vaccine (smiley face). The doses were going to expire and I was able to register for it. Arm is a bit sore but overall I feel fine,” along with a short video clip of the nurse doing the injection into his upper arm.
WC hospitals see significant spike in trauma cases after booze sales ban lifted Provincial Head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, said that despite a drop in the number of COVID-19 cases being recorded, there was still significant pressure on the health system. FILE: A doctor sutures a man s nose and face after he was admitted to the Khayelitsha District Hospital s trauma unit. Picture: EWN
CAPE TOWN - There s been a huge spike in trauma cases presenting at Western Cape hospitals.
A week before advanced level 3 lockdown rules were relaxed, officials recorded an average of 41 trauma cases per day.
This shot up to about 77 daily cases for the week after a ban on the sale of liquor was lifted.
Calls to review COVID regulations after SA recorded 14,046 new cases Over the last 24 hours, South Africa reported a staggering 26% increase in confirmed cases; that equates to more than 14,000 new cases. A row of beds at the CTICC COVID-19 field hospital. Image: Premier Alan Winde/Twitter
105 days ago
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN - Shocking numbers of new COVID-19 infections are prompting the health department to call for a review of lockdown regulations.
Over the last 24 hours, South Africa reported a staggering 26% increase in confirmed cases; that equates to more than 14,000 new cases.
South Africa’s death toll also continues to rise with 411 new fatalities recorded.
GotG help set up new facility to deal with Mitchells Plain COVID-19 cases Gift of the Givers are funding oxygen points and high-flow nasal oxygen machines. Beds have already been set up and the facility should be ready to go in the next week. FILE: A new facility will soon come online in Mitchells Plain to assist with the caseload as officials battle to cope with COVID-19 hospitalisations. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN
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CAPE TOWN - Some good news for Western Cape health officials as they battle to cope with COVID-19 hospitalisations - a new facility will soon come online to assist with the caseload.