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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…

MAN ON A MISSION? Eastern Cape premier, Oscar Mabuyane

Premier Mabuyane tests positive for Covid-19

The Premier of the Eastern Cape Province, Mr Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane has tested positive for COVID-19. Premier Mabuyane had flu symptoms and this inspired him to take COVID-19 test. When his test results came back positive, Premier…

Participants in a survey believe Covid-19 is exaggerated and that the virus has declined.Image: 123RF/Jarun Ontakrai

Two Durban high schools close after teachers test positive for Covid-19

Two Durban high schools were forced to close on Tuesday after a teacher at each school tested positive for Covid-19. Matric pupils at Clairwood Secondary and Apollo Secondary, both situated south of Durban, were cautioned to remain at…

AGAINST ALL ODDS: Cheree Mc Ewen is being reunited with her sons on Saturday after recovering from Covid-19. Image: SUPPLIED

Eastern Cape mom with stage 4 cancer beats coronavirus

Three weeks ago, East London mom Cheree Mc Ewen was told that she’d contracted Covid-19 while undergoing surgery to remove more than 20 tumours from her body at Mediclinic Morningside. The hospital was later closed after 88 people there…

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Eastern Cape provincial police commissioner tests positive for Covid-19

Eastern Cape provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga has self-isolated after testing positive for Covid-19. According to the commissioners spokesperson, Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana, Ntshinga is asymptomatic but…

Popular King William’s Town doctor tests positive for Covid-19

An Eastern Cape doctor has become the latest person to test positive for the novel coronavirus. Dr Sizwe Mxenge confirmed to DispatchLIVE on Thursday he had tested positive for the virus. The popular King William’s Town doctor said he…

Update of Covid-19 (06th April 2020)

As at today, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is 1686. This is an increase of 31 from the previously reported cases.The provincial breakdown is as follows: GAUTENG 713 WESTERN CAPE 462 KWAZULU – NATAL 257 FREE STATE 89 EASTERN…

Nelson Mandela Bay Covid-19 cases now at 12

At least three nurses who all attended the same funeral in Port Elizabeth two weeks ago have tested positive for Covid-19, according to Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. On Saturday night, national health minister Zweli Mkhize…