Health

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Covid-19: Medical schemes provide little aid for cash-strapped members

If you have lost your income due to the lockdown, your options are limited

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News | 7 May 2020

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Covid-19: “Gugulethu 7” backyarders say they’ve been abandoned

“We have received no food parcels, masks, gloves or even sanitisers”

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News | 6 May 2020

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Covid-19: Clinic staff in two-week quarantine after nurse tests positive

Oqaqeni Clinic in Maphumulo, northern KwaZulu-Natal remains closed

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Brief | 4 May 2020

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Covid-19: Private hospitals close doors after staff test positive

Closing hospitals is “last resort”

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News | 4 May 2020

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Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers

Hundreds of psychologists and psychiatrists are volunteering to offer support

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Opinion | 30 April 2020

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Uitenhage hospital staff down tools after patient tests positive for Covid-19

If there is no personal protective equipment, don’t resume any duties, says union

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Brief | 29 April 2020

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Covid-19: Union opens criminal case against health head in KZN

Public Servants Association of South Africa says health workers have been without PPE since the start of the lockdown

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Brief | 20 April 2020

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Covid-19 testing: Are we scaling up?

Government is struggling to meet its testing targets. But there is progress.

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News | 20 April 2020

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Covid-19 screening welcomed by KZN informal settlement residents

“I’m happy that I was screened. I will continue staying at home and watch if I develop any of the symptoms”

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News | 20 April 2020