The Department of Health calls for continued public vigilance as the country records one more laboratory-confirmed case. The patient is a 38-year-old man who sought medical intervention at a private medical practice in Cape Town, Western Cape on 4 September 2024 after he experienced typical…
Pretoria, 15 July 2021: The South African Police Service (SAPS) Vaccination Drive has surpassed the 20 000 mark with the prioritisation of operationally exposed members, including cleaners and security personnel. With the planned vaccination rollout currently underway since last week, interventions are in progress to…
The South African Police Service is advising members of the public to be wary of unscrupulous persons that are selling vaccines for Covid-19. This warning follows the swift action by the police in November last year which resulted in a raid of a warehouse and…
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Weekly Epidemiological Update and Weekly Operational Updates are published here: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports The Weekly Epidemiological Update provides an overview of the global, regional and country-level COVID-19 cases and deaths, highlighting key data and trends; as well as other pertinent epidemiological information concerning the…
Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean and Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head Secretariat of the WHO FCTC 25 January 2021 2020 will be remembered as the year everything changed due to the COVID-19. Despite the pandemic, 17 countries in the WHO…
International men’s tennis returns to South Africa, under strict COVID-19 protocols, with the news that Tennis South Africa (TSA) will be hosting two weeks of back-to-back ATP Challenger events in early 2021. The two ATP Challenger 80 events will take place in a COVID-19 bio-bubble…
Tennis South Africa (TSA) has confirmed that the Ilana Kloss International – two weeks of back-to-back International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour events for women - will be taking place, under strict COVID-19 protocols, in February 2021. The two $25 000 prize money events,…
StaffingWith infection surges in hotspots expected, swift assignment of COVID-19 experienced doctors and nurses is crucial to under-resourced areas After sending a team of health care workers to assist hospitals facing a COVID-19 crisis in Eastern Cape, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is urging the National…
Pretoria, South Africa, 10 December 2020 – Tennis South Africa, and the wider local and international tennis community, mourns the loss of Gordon Forbes, who passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 86. Forbes was born on a farm near Burgersdorp in the Eastern…
HPCSA will not be conducting offsite registrations for 2020. Alternative arrangements are in place for processing applications for registration during HPCSA peak registration period. MEDICAL INTERNS COMPLETING TRAINING ROTATIONS BY 31 DECEMBER 2020 AND QUALIFY FOR REGISTRATION AS COMMUNITY SERVICE DOCTORS HPCSA has written to…