It's not every day that you see a group of doctors and nurses dancing up a storm in their masks, uniforms and scrubs.
Even in Geneva, where the global UN health body is based, cabarets and clubs were closed last week after evidence that nearly half of new cases were coming from there.Advocate Alfred Cockrell SC said the ban was aimed at reducing the occupation of intensive care unit beds by smokers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The CEO, who was on sick leave for two weeks, was"redeployed" to her original position as a maternal health specialist.SA's procurement system is"fundamentally flawed" and has created holes for suppliers to defraud the state, says Cosatu. "Our indications are that there has already been an improvement in the survival rate from intensive care units [ICU], where the mortality has been reduced demonstrably. One study shows ICU mortality has been reduced by about 25% since the introduction of dexamethasone on 16 June," Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said during a virtual Covid-19 briefing on Wednesday.
Managing director Adri Williams said major retail partners, Purity and Clicks and the support of the public's small orders kept the business from folding. It's possible that SA could experience a second surge of coronavirus cases - Zweli Mkhize The minister’s appointment of a team follows reports that a doctor died at George Mukhari Academic Hospital due to Covid-19 related illness.
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