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Health minister Zweli Mkhize has warned South Africans to adhere to precautionary measures to avoid a resurgence in Covid-19 infections and a return to a strict lockdown. File photo.Image: Simphiwe Nkwali/Sowetan
COVID 19 PANDEMIC

‘Time waits for no man’, says Zweli Mkhize on adjusting health budget to R58.4 billion

The sum of R58.4bn has been allocated to South Africa’s health budget, with R5.5bn going towards dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. Health minister Zweli Mkhize tabled his department’s adjustment budget and policy statement on Thursday,…

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Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize. File picture. Image: Gallo Images/Phill Magakoe
COVID DEATHS

Six new Covid-19 deaths as cases climb above 2,000

There are now 24 confirmed deaths linked to Covid-19 in SA, half of them in KwaZulu-Natal. Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize made the announcement in Durban on Friday afternoon. He also announced that there were now 2,003 confirmed Covid-19…

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COVID DEATHS

SA records first deaths as a result of Covid-19

South Africa has recorded its first fatalities due to the coronavirus‚ the health ministry announced on Friday. In a short statement nine hours into the official 21-day lockdown‚ health minister Zweli Mkhize said two people had died as a…

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