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Health minister Phaahla tests positive for Covid-19

Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla is in self isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. File photo. Image: Freddy Mavunda Health minister Joe Phaahla on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19 after experiencing minor symptoms.…

Health minister Zweli Mkhize says stricter lockdown restrictions are being discussed to discourage Covid-19 super-spreader events during the Easter weekend. File photo.Image: GCIS

‘Stricter precautions’ ahead of Easter weekend are being ‘finalised’, says Mkhize

Health minister Zweli Mkhize says discussions around “stricter precautions” ahead of the Easter long weekend are being finalised. Speaking to the SABC on Thursday, Mkhize said the decision to move the country to a higher lockdown level…

Argentina’s Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia looks on during the arrival of 580,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 17, 2021.Image: REUTERS/ MATIAS BAGLIETTO

Argentina health minister resigns after reports of VIP vaccine access

Argentina’s health minister resigned on Friday after reports that people had been able to use connections to get access to Covid-19 vaccines to which they were not entitled. Gines Gonzalez Garcia said in a letter posted on Twitter that…

Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday explained why ventilators can be counterproductive when treating Covid-19 patients. Image: 123RF/Yuriy Klochan

Ventilation not always the best bet for Covid-19 patients: Zweli Mkhize

Health minister also explains why dexamethasone helps Ventilating Covid-19 patients is not always in their best interest, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday. Mkhize said in a statement that despite the fast-growing number…

DA to lay culpable homicide charges against Motsoaledi over KZN cancer crisis

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal will be laying criminal charges against Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and his provincial counterpart over an oncology crisis gripping the public healthcare sector. In a statement issued on Tuesday evening‚ the…