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The Eastern Cape accounted for 22,802 of the backlog by May 25, meaning the number of confirmed cases is likely to rise as these specimens are processed. Image: 123RF/ADZIC NATASA
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Two weeks of quarantine and still no lab results

The Covid-19 testing backlog is so huge that people suspected to be infected with the cororanvirus are completing the mandatory two-week quarantine period with their results yet to come back. Among those who have been waiting for their…

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COVID 19

Medical association rejects call to enforce hospital quarantine for Covid-19 patients

The South African Medical Association (Sama) in the Western Cape has rejected a government call to put people who have tested positive for Covid-19 under quarantine in field hospitals. On Saturday‚ health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize…

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The latest coronavirus pandemic statistics were released on Thursday.Image: 123RF/ADZIC NATASA
NDLAMBE POSITIVE

First case of Covid-19 confirmed in Ndlambe

The provincial health department on Saturday confirmed that there is a positive Covid-19 infection from a member of a farming community in the Ndlambe district. The person is currently being treated for the coronavirus at Port Alfred…

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