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Body pains, mouth ulcers experienced by some healthcare workers after vaccine Share CAPE TOWN - From numb arms, shortness of breath and developing mouth ulcers, these are some of the side effects some healthcare workers say have experienced since receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Nearly 150 000 healthcare workers have been vaccinated under the Sisonke Protocol, which started at the Khayelitsha District Hospital in February, with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine rolled out as part of a phase 3b study, to accumulate additional data towards obtaining regulatory approval. While the majorit...

SA record more than a thousand new COVID-19 cases Updated Jacaranda FM Share this: South Africa has recorded 1 006 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases for the country to 1 529 420. DAVID ROWLAND / AFP  In his latest report released on Sunday evening, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, says there have also been 65 new coronavirus related deaths.   “Regrettably, we report a further 65 COVID-19 related deaths: Eastern Cape 1, Free State 27, Gauteng 12, Kwa-Zulu Natal 20, Limpopo 0, Mpumalanga 0, North West 0, Northern Cape 0 and Western Cape 5.   “We con...

The DA says the country’s vaccination programme has failed even before it began and demands answers from Deputy President David Mabuza.

SA recorded 613 new Covid cases with 95 new deaths in the last 24 hours

The Department of Health said on Saturday that 1541 new infections had been recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in South Africa since the start of the pandemic to 1 528 414.