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BREAKING | Eastern Cape health MEC Gomba tests positive for Covid-19

Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has tested positive for Covid-19. Provincial health department spokesperson Siyanda Manana said Gomba’s Covid-19 results came back on Sunday. “The MEC is at home for isolation as per the protocol of…

Off-road scooters not part of emergency fleet

“The Eastern Cape Health Department has noted with regret the misperception that has been created on social media platforms following the launch of mobile clinics and scooters. Contrary to malicious reports that the Department has…

ENJOY THE RIDE: Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba goes for ride on one of the e-ranger motorcycles in East London on Friday. Image: MARK ANDREWS

EC bikes will not replace ambulances, says health department

The Eastern Cape health department’s newly launched motorbikes will allow healthcare workers to travel on difficult terrain to bring medical care to previously under-serviced communities. Ministry of health spokesperson Dr Lwazi Manzi said…

Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba Image: MICHAEL PINYANA

Stop attacking EMS crews, warns Eastern Cape health MEC

The continued attacks on Emergency Medical Services crews in the Eastern Cape will end up disadvantaging people who desperately need medical attention as no-one will want to go to hotspot areas, health MEC Sindiswa Gomba warned on Friday.…

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LAUNCH OF 100 EMS SCOOTERS IN THE EASTERN CAPE

Remarks by the Hon. Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba at the 100 EMS Scooters launch on 12 June 2020. Unedited. Protocol observed “We are fighting the spread of COVID-19 and most of our energy is focused on that. But that does not mean we have…

Eastern Cape MEC for Health Sindiswa Gomba, Veliswa Lujiza, nursing manager at Frere Hospital, and Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane at Frere Hospital’s coronavirus unit. Image: MICHAEL PINYANA

NUMBER CRUNCH | The latest Eastern Cape Covid-19 case breakdown

The Eastern Cape on Monday night had more than 2,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and with the number of new infections increasing it has just 291 cases less than Gauteng. The province had 2,052 cases with 39 deaths registered to the…

Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. Image: MARK ANDREWS

Health department call centre in East London closed after four test positive for Covid-19

A section of the Eastern Cape health department call centre building in East London has been temporarily closed and will be decontaminated after four of its head office staff tested positive for Covid-19. This brings the number of health…