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You can now register for the COVID-19 vaccine via WhatsApp or SMS Heres how you can register via WhatsApp or SMS to get the COVID-19 vaccine jab during phase two of SAs vaccine roll-out. The Department of Health recently launched a COVID-19 vaccine registration portal through WhatsApp and USSD in South Africa. This comes as the second phase of the vaccine rollout in South Africa is expected to resume on Monday, 17 May 2021. According to IOL, the service is only open for people over the age of...

Just over 400 000 healthcare workers vaccinated as SA’s Covid cases increase by 1 548 By IOL Reporter Share DURBAN - The National Department of Health has confirmed that more than 400 000 healthcare workers have been vaccinated. In its daily Covid statistics statement, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, confirmed that under the Sisonke Protocol, 414 372 healthcare workers have received their Covid-19 jab. Mkhize said the countrys cumulative number of confirmed cases have increased to 1 599 2...

Brian Sokutu Millions of citizens in SA are yet to be vaccinated against the virus, that has led to at least 1.5 million positive cases. Picture: Neil McCartney With the rollout of the much-awaited Covid-19 vaccination programme having hardly begun in South Africa, strains of the coronavirus from India and the United Kingdom (UK) have been detected in the count...

SA Reports 2 191 New Cases of COVID-19 EWN Share with your network! The Department of Health have confirmed that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 594 817. Testing Data The number of tests conducted to date is 10 861 611. Of these 29 873 tests were conducted since the last report. Deaths and Recoveries 37 more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported: Eastern Cape 0, Free State 2,...

Covid-19 in SA: 1 778 new cases, 11 deaths By IOL Share Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Sunday confirmed 1778 new Covid-19 cases in South Africa and 11 Covid-19 related deaths. Of the newly confirmed deaths, 8 were reported in Gauteng, 1 in the Eastern Cape, 1 in the Free State and 1 in KwaZulu-Natal. This brings the total number of people who have died of Covid-19 related complications in South Africa to 54 735. As of today the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases identified in the country is 1...

Health care workers urged to vaccinate in Sisonke Protocol As of 5 May, 119 health care workers had been vaccinated at Settlers Hospital. Settlers opened for the continuation of Phase 1, which is the vaccination of health care workers in terms of the Sisonke Protocol research programme. Around 500 health care workers from the Health Department’s Makana Subdistrict had already been vaccinated at the Port Elizabeth Sisonke research site. The Department of Health administrative area includ...

South Africa’s Covid-19 deaths climb to 54 557 after 46 more succumb to the virus By IOL Reporter Share Durban - A total of 33 414 people were tested for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours which increased South Africa’s active new cases by 2073, figures from the Department of Health showed. According to the department’s daily statistics on new infections and deaths, the the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases identified in South Africa stood at 1 588 221as of Wednesday. The number of ...

All SA provinces show increasing Covid-19 cases, as Gauteng up 33% from last week Share All South African provinces have seen an increase in Covid-19 cases, with Gauteng seeing the sharpest increase of 33% up since last week. Senior researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr Ridhwaan Suliman said for the first time since February 18, the country has reported over two thousand cases in one day. According to the department’s daily statistics on new infections a...

COVID-19: Elderly called to register for vaccine in Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape Health Department has urged the elderly to register for their Covid-19 vaccine. Health workers will assist door-to-door. The Eastern Cape Department of Health has called on people aged 60 and above to register for the lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday, 5 May, the department announced that the Sisonke Protocol vaccine programme was back in full swing. The country’s vaccination programme has been strengthe...

Variant Seen in India Not Detected in SA, But Still Waiting for Sample Results. Photo: SA News South Africa’s Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has reiterated that the variant currently wreaking havoc in India has not been identified in South Africa… although specialists are awaiting the results of some samples. He said that South Africa’s teams remain on high alert to survey, detect and contain the spread of COVID-19 in general, with heightened awareness of travellers from countries where ...