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Prof Koleka Mlisana has been appointed to replace Prof Salim Abdool Karim as co-chair of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19.Image: Supplied.
CO CHAIR

Four things to know about Prof Abdool Karim’s replacement Prof Koleka Mlisana

Prof Koleka Mlisana has been appointed to replace Prof Salim Abdool Karim as co-chair of the ministerial advisory committee (MAC) on Covid-19 after his one-year term came to an end this week. In a statement, Abdool Karim said he was…

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GOOD LEADERSHIP REQUIRED: Prof Salim Abdool Karim says the country learnt from the Western Cape. ‘They became the teachers telling us what they did. Effective leadership and working together played a major role in keeping Covid-19 infections low’Picture: Sandile Ndlovu
CHAIR OF THE COVID 19

‘We’re holding Covid-19 tests for hospital patients’: Prof Abdool Karim explains why

“We have to protect tests for those people in hospital.” That’s what the chair of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee, Prof Salim Abdool Karim, said health-care workers and facilities will focus on to ensure those in need are…

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