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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…

Yet another jump in the coronavirus infections reported on Sunday. Image: STR/AFP

Immunity against Covid-19 not looking good, suggest two new studies

Two new studies have cast a long shadow of doubt over our ability to acquire long-term immunity against Covid-19 once we’ve already had it. One study has already been peer-reviewed and published, while the other still has to be reviewed…

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

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…

Netcare says patients coming to hospital for elective surgery, dialysis or chemotherapy must pay for regular Covid-19 tests. Image: GroundUp/James Stent

New policies clarify who must pay for Covid-19 tests

Some hospitals expect patients coming in for surgery or dialysis to pay for their own tests. People covered by medical schemes no longer have to pay for negative Covid-19 tests done in the private sector‚ as long as they are referred by a…

Two more test positive at Port St Johns, door to door testing started after Mthatha death

Two more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Majola Village in Port St Johns. Six people — all members of the same family — had already tested positive for the virus after attending a local funeral. A total of 269 people in…