A seroprevalence survey in Cape Town found that 40% of 2,700 public healthcare users tested positive for COVID-19, with antibody prevalence higher in more densely...Weekly Roundup
About 50 community healthcare workers have protested outside the Khayelitsha Day Hospital, demanding adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) and COVID-19 danger...Coronavirus
Roughly 42% of people with diabetes who tested positive for COVID-19 and had to be admitted to hospital in the Western Cape had died as of 16 July. Spotlight reports...
August 19th, 2020Attorney Zuko Nonxuba is facing multiple criminal charges and ethical complaints over nearly R1bn in medical negligence claims he has lodged against the Western and...
The Western Cape Health Department has has conducted another comprehensive analysis of the comorbidities associated with COVID-19 related deaths in the province, and,...Weekly Roundup
The Western Cape Health Department may be spared the cost of referring state patients to private hospitals if the region’s apparent decline in coronavirus infections...Weekly Roundup
The deadline to produce 20,000 non-invasive ventilators has been pushed back for a third time, with the National Ventilator Project (NVP) running a month behind...Weekly Roundup
The Western Cape may have already reached the peak of its coronavirus outbreak. Business Day reports that this is according to South Africa’s biggest medical scheme...Coronavirus
Spotlight reports that doctors at two of the Western Cape’s most impacted COVID-19 hospitals say they have seen positive outcomes from using high-flow nasal oxygen...Weekly Roundup
The Western Cape has launched an action plan that focuses on diabetic people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Daily Maverick reports that the action plan has...
