SAâs land borders may reopen next week â with a strict new 700m limit on truck queues Feb 09, 2021, 02:29 PM
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Trucks parked at Beitbridge. (Gallo)
South Africa’s land borders look to reopen on Monday 15 February but with a host of new interventions to mitigate the chaos witnessed over the festive period.
Truckers will be limited to a 700-metre queue, with additional traffic officers diverting vehicles to holding areas.
A ticket system will also be implemented to ease the burden on Covid-19 testing facilities.
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South Africa is aiming to open its land borders with neighbouring countries, which have been closed since January, but must first implement a host of new protocols to prevent the dire levels of congestion experienced over the festive period.
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Supplier accused of charging government excessive prices for tongue depressors during Covid-19 agrees to credit the National Health Laboratory Services for overcharge
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The R287 million facility will eventually replace the buckling Salt River facility in Cape Town.
It will have 26 autopsy table, 360 refrigerated body spaces, and place for up to 100 visitors a day at its bereavement centre.
The Western Cape s long-awaited new forensic pathology institute is scheduled to be completed in April, after construction stalled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The R287 million facility will eventually replace the buckling Salt River facility in Cape Town, with 26 autopsy tables.
It will also have 360 refrigerated body spaces, and place for up to 100 visitors a day at its bereavement centre.
The building is situated at the bottom of the hill leading up to the sprawling Groote Schuur Hospital.
Political jabs: should public figures get vaccinated first to reassure the public? Leaders face a dilemma as they balance the need to set an example with not wanting to be seen to jump the queue 25 January 2021 - 18:18
“Vaccines don’t save lives. Vaccinations save lives”.
This concept, promoted recently by Prof Koleka Mlisana, who is a manager at the National Health Laboratory Services, outlines the dilemma facing many countries during the pandemic: how to get the public on board with the vaccination programme.
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Claremont site ordered to cease Sars-Cov2 testing
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Cape Town - A Claremont laboratory issued with a notice to immediately cease Sars Cov-2 testing as a result of non-compliance, says its coronavirus tests are now being processed at a sister laboratory in Observatory.
In a January 7 notice by the Department of Health (DOH) director-general Dr Sandile Buthelezi, said: “Your laboratory has not submitted an application for minimum requirements sent to all laboratories intending to conduct diagnostic testing of Sars Cov-2. This has been communicated to you as early as October 2020 by the team that is conducting an assessment and pre-screening of all laboratories.