SACoronavirus

‘Find, isolate, test, treat, quarantine’ key to Covid-19 response

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As the world celebrates four decades of being smallpox-free, WHO outlined pivotal lessons that can be applied to Covid-19 prevention strategies across the globe. By: Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla.

healthe
May 10, 2020

Local celebs and SAYM donate food and seed parcels in EC

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The Southern African Youth Movement (SAYM) in collaboration with the Solidarity Fund visited the Eastern Cape to deliver food parcels and seeds. The Solidarity Fund is a government-administered fund aimed at assisting and supporting Covid-19 prevention.

LindiwePakati
May 7, 2020

#CoronavirusSA: Chaos at Sassa pay points on day one

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Grant beneficiaries converged en masse at pay points in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape as fake news circulated that the grant top-up would only be paid on the first day.

LindiwePakati
May 7, 2020

Know your mask

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It is now compulsory for all South Africans to wear cloth face masks when they are in public. We speak to the owners of Kekago Enterprise and Lonsego Clothing, who manufacture and distribute cloth face masks in Tembisa.

Marcia Moyana
May 6, 2020

Sanitiser shortage, social distancing concerns at taxi ranks

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As the economy slowly opens up, some taxi ranks struggle with adhering to Covid-19 hygiene protocols, whilst others firmly stick to the regulations.

PreciousMashiane, PreciousMashiane and PreciousMashiane
May 4, 2020

LockdownSA: ‘Most of us have run out of food’

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Over 600 Zimbabweans living near Louis Trichardt in Limpopo say they have no food because they have been unable to earn a living since South Africa went into lockdown last month to combat the spread of Covid-19.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
May 1, 2020

CoronavirusSA: Making face masks fashionable can help flatten the curve

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LIMPOPO-Elelwani Sigoba spent days looking for surgical or N95 masks at shops in Thohoyandou but they were completely out of stock.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 30, 2020

Covi19: Community health workers vulnerable

Mixed feelings on mass screening of Limpopo’s rural villages

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Health care workers conducting screening for COVID19 outside Thohoyandou say although they experienced some challenges, they are satisfied that they visited every household assigned to them.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 29, 2020

Malaria Institute is on track to battle the disease

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While the coronavirus outbreak has meant the shutdown of programmes in public and private spheres, the Malaria Institute in Limpopo says it has systems in place to fight the spread of malaria infections in the province.

Mogale Mojela
April 25, 2020

#LockdownSA: Increased child support grant is a ‘massive relief’

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Organisations advocating for the adequate nutritional needs of children have cautiously welcomed the move from President Cyril Ramaphosa to increase social and economic relief for the next six months.

Marcia Moyana
April 24, 2020

#CovidNurseStayAway: Frontliners sidelined in Covid-19 plans

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A number of nurses and nursing trade unions have voiced their disappointment about their apparent exclusion from the country’s relief measures — such as income tax breaks.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 24, 2020

#LockdownSA: Families left homeless after severe storm

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Scores of villagers have been left displaced after a thunderstorm struck rural Vhembe, Limpopo.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 22, 2020

#CoronaVirusSA: First Mthatha Covid-19 death spooks residents

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The deceased is the first death in the OR Tambo region, and his coronavirus diagnosis was only found out after he passed away.

LindiwePakati
April 21, 2020

#LockdownSA: Prioritise feeding hungry learners

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Discussions about the schooling program for the rest of the year are still underway, but the majority of children who rely on the National School Nutrition Programme remain without access to their meals.

jamesthabo
April 20, 2020

#CoronaVirusSA: Gauteng government charts the way forward

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The Gauteng Provincial Command Council outlines measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 and mitigate its impact on the province’s most marginalised communities. OurHealth journalist Marcia Zali reports.

Marcia Moyana
April 20, 2020

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