EUCDC – Facts about hantavirus
Hantaviruses are rodent-borne viruses causing clinical illness in humans of varying severity. There are several different hantaviruses, with a different geographical distribution and causing different clinical diseases. Each hantavirus is specific to a different rodent host. Transmission of the virus to humans occurs through the…
URGENT AND NON-URGENT PATIENT CARE – SAMA
NEW RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING URGENT AND NON-URGENT PATIENT CARE: A STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African Medical Association advises that all Surgeons should consider providing only emergency care. The COVID -19 pandemic is projected to kill thousands…
Coronavirus (COVID-2019) at 23 March 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-2019) WORLD case numbers at 23 March 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-2019) at 22 March 2020
WHO on 22 March 2020 reports 32000 new covid-19 cases in the 24 hour period between 23:00 SAST on 19 march and 22:59 SAST on 20 March 2020. 1344 new deaths were reported in the same 24 hour period. …
Coronavirus (COVID-2019) at 21 March 2020
WHO Reported and audited numbers and statistics at 00:00 on 20 March 2020 - reported on 21 March 2020 at 10am (CET -1)
MEDIA STATEMENT DELIVERED BY MINISTER OF POLICE: COVID-19 DISASTER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
MEDIA STATEMENT DELIVERED BY MINISTER OF POLICE, GENERAL BHEKI CELE AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR RONALD LAMOLA ON THE OCCASION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COVID-19 DISASTER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS; HELD ON FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2020 AT GCIS PRETORIA The background that informs…
Coronavirus (COVID-2019) at 19 March 2020
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVICE FOR THE PUBLIC If you are not in an area where COVID-19 is spreading or have not travelled from an area where COVID-19 is spreading or have not been in contact with an infected patient, your risk of infection…