Though the question of whether the Eastern Cape health department should be placed under administration has come up in parliament‚ health minister Zweli Mkhize says he is “not yet there”. Mkhize‚ who was in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday‚…
The Eastern Cape health department on Monday morning released the provincial Covid-19 breakdown, by district, with the latest provincial coronavirus figures. On Sunday night the provincial total went up from 488 to 535, an increase of 47…
The Eastern Cape government is desperately trying to track down more than 100 people who attended a funeral in Majola, Port St Johns after a mourner who travelled from East London tested positive for Covid-19. Reliable sources have…
Desperate scenes played out at some Eastern Cape day hospitals and clinics on Monday as people were either turned away by the hundreds, apparently due to shortages of surgical masks, gloves and hand sanitisers, or were made to stand in…
The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has risen to four in Nelson Mandela Bay. This is according to health department spokesperson Siyanda Manana. This follows health minister Zwelini Mkhize announcing on Sunday night that the number…
Two officials from the provincial department of rural development and agrarian reform and three farmers were placed in isolation when they landed at the East London Airport on Monday after an educational tour in Europe. The five were…
Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth has been identified as the quarantine facility for the Eastern Cape should SA be affected by the deadly coronavirus sweeping the globe. Eastern Cape department of health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo…
An estimated 100 learners from a school in the Eastern Cape were rushed to hospital after complaining of stomach ailments on Tuesday night. The incident happened at St Matthew’s senior secondary school in Keiskamahoek area. The learners…
