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South Africa: Mining Minister, Wife Test Positive for COVID-19
SAnews.gov.za, 15 July 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Matashe has tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »
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South Africa: France to Extend a Helping Hand to South Africa As It Enters the COVID-19 Storm
Daily Maverick, 15 July 2020
The French embassy has received a list of specific needs from SA's Department of Health, and two days ago the French medical and other agencies met to see how they would meet the… Read more »
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South Africa: Nasrec Field Hospital Receives Donated Oxygen Concentrators, While Teachers' Union Calls for Schools to Close During Peak
Daily Maverick, 15 July 2020
On Tuesday, volunteers at Nasrec Field Hospital received 70 oxygen concentrators after putting out an urgent public appeal last week. Meanwhile, the South African Democratic… Read more »
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South Africa: Starvation Will Kill Faster Than the Virus
New Frame, 14 July 2020
In Ekurhuleni in the east of Gauteng, residents face hunger, unemployment, domestic violence and a lack of medical services - along with the threat of Covid-19 infection. Read more »
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South Africa: CSIR Supports National COVID-19 Response with Locally Produced Ventilator
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 8 July 2020
The CSIR, an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) – in collaboration with a number of local partners – has completed work on a local ventilator to… Read more »
French Medical Supplies to Aid South Africa's COVID-19 Fight
As France's COVID-19 pandemic subsides and South Africa enters the eye of the storm, Paris is planning to donate medical supplies and equipment to this country to help it fight the disease, writes Peter Fabricius of Daily Maverick. This comes amid Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe testing positive for the virus and calls by the South African Democratic Teachers Union for schools to remain closed as infections peak.
Reopening of schools in Alexandra and Tembisa, Gauteng. Screening of learners and staff members in compliance with health, safety and social distancing requirements during the reopening of schools to ensure safety of learners at Rev A. Mapheto Primary School, Eastbank High School and MC Weiller Primary School in Alexandra.
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The head of trauma at Gauteng's Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, Professor Steve Moeng, welcomed the decision to reinstate a ban on alcohol sales during the COVID-19 outbreak, saying ... Read more »
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The Eastern Cape has announced its new strategy to rein in its COVID-19 outbreak, especially where it concerns funerals. Meanwhile, the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department is yet to ... Read more »
