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Nomathemba Mokgethi: Vaccinated MEC tests positive for COVID-19 “The health MEC was one of the first people to receive the Johnson and Johnson vaccine under the Sisonke Programme in Gauteng,” said the province after Nomathemba Mokgethi tested positive for COVID-19. The Gauteng MEC for health Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi has tested positive for COVID-19, the provincial department said on Wednesday, 17 May. Mokgethi is currently in self-isolation at home and all parties that have been in contact with have been advised to do the same. The MEC was one of the very first people to receive the Johnson...

Gauteng health MEC Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi is self-isolating at home after she tested positive for Covid-19.

19 May 2021 - 21:52 By TimesLIVE At the age of 103, Maria Lekiti gets vaccinated by Sister Ramatsobane Mahlangu at the Munsieville Care for the Aged home in Krugersdorp in phase two of the vaccine rollout targeted at the elderly. Image: Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times There were 3,522 new Covid-19 cases recorded across SA in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said.  The new infections came from 40,355 tests, at a positivity rate of 8.72%. The government has previously flagged the 10% and 12% positivity rates as cause for concern. Mkhize also reported th...

By TimesLIVE - 18 May 2021 SA recorded 2,355 new Covid-19 cases and 80 pandemic-related deaths in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday. Image: GCIS SA recorded 2,355 new Covid-19 cases and 80 pandemic-related deaths in the past 24 hours, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday. This means that there have now been 1,617,840 cumulative infections to date and 55,340 fatalities. The new infections came from 32,397 tests, at a positivity rate of 7.26%. Of the newly recorded deaths, 32 were in Gauteng, 22 were in the Free State, nine wer...

80 more people succumb to Covid-19 taking SA’s death to 55 340 By IOL Reporter Share Durban - Eighty more people died as a result of Covid-19 on Tuesday, the National Department of Health said, taking South Africa’s total deaths to 55 340. The department said that over the last 24 hours 32 397 Covid-19 tests were conducted. Of the 80 new deaths, the Eastern Cape reported 6, the Free State 22, Gauteng 32, KwaZulu Natal 5, Limpopo 6, Mpumalanga 0, North West 0, Northern Cape 0 and the Western Cape 9. The department noted that the Free State and Gauteng Provinces have been back-captu...