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Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba.Image: MARK ANDREWS
CORONAVIRUS

Health department call centre in East London closed after four test positive for Covid-19

A section of the Eastern Cape health department call centre building in East London has been temporarily closed and will be decontaminated after four of its head office staff tested positive for Covid-19. This brings the number of health…

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Health minister Zweli Mkhize.Image: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
COVID 19

Eastern Cape Covid-19 figures don’t add up — Mkhize

Furious with the Eastern Cape government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nelson Mandela Bay, health minister Zweli Mkhize has taken charge, sending a senior director to lead the tracing, screening and testing teams in the city. He…

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Ambulance drivers drove through Port Elizabeth townships last week pleading for protection against criminals.Image: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp
COL PRISCILLA NAIDU

Don’t rob us, plead Port Elizabeth ambulance drivers

Eastern Cape ambulance drivers and their assistants are appealing for protection from community members following a spate of robberies while on duty. GroundUp reported that a group of about 30 emergency medical services (EMS) employees…

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