Amended COVID-19 regulations
Cape Town Cruise Terminal COVID-19 Testing Facility is Open
The Cape Town Cruise Terminal COVID-19 Testing Facility is happy to announce that our PCR test price has been reduced to R500.00. You can still expect exceptional service from our team with the fastest turnaround time on results. You will still get your results emailed in 2 hours. The Testing Facility is open Monday to…
How Covid-19 vaccination can beat South Africa’s fourth wave
Johny Myer – 18 October 2021 We are now at the very bottom of an interwave trough after the third Covid-19 wave in South Africa. Data from the Western Cape show that 30% of the recorded Covid-19 cases were aged over 50 and these cases were responsible for 60% of hospitalisations. Vaccination strategies need to…
Access to Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates
MEDIA STATEMENT To: Editors & Health Journalists Issued by: Department of Health Date: Tuesday, 05 October 2021 Access to Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates Pretoria: The Department of Health has been inundated with public and media enquiries about challenges they face when trying to download and access COVID-19 digital vaccination certificates. The department is currently at…
OPINION | Nathan Geffen: Nick Hudson and PANDA are wrong. Vaccines work. Here’s the proof.
Nathan Geffen, 14 September 2021 The behaviour that Nick Hudson and his organisation PANDA encourage — not wearing masks and not getting vaccinated — ironically, is what is making it so hard to put lockdowns behind us, writes Nathan Geffen. Vaccine hesitancy is a big problem. The news has been filled in recent weeks with…
Anti-vaxxers attempt to scupper efforts to vaccinate the homeless
By Sandisiwe Shoba, 10 September 2021 A drive to vaccinate the homeless in Claremont was almost derailed when a small group of anti-vaxxers showed up and began spewing conspiracies and profanities. Vaccine hesitancy is still rife amongst street dwellers who are often vulnerable to severe illness from Covid-19. “Don’t take the jab! They’re trying to…
Latest vaccine information
Obs gets a C19 vaccine site! UCT has opened a large vaccine site at Forest Hill Residence on Main Road. It will be open every weekday and accepts walk-ins. Please register on EVDS if you can as it makes the process smoother for everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb4nREe-3Z0 Everyone 18 and over is eligible to get vaccine. Vaccines…
‘Western Cape’s stubborn third wave peak has been longer than first two waves’
The Western Cape Health Department’s Dr. Saadiq Kariem and public health specialist Prof Landon Myer chat about the protracted third wave in the province. – The third wave in the Western Cape has been much longer than the previous two waves of Covid-19 – Western Cape health officials say they are seeing a slow, but…
The UCT Community of Hope Vaccination Centre to open on 1 September 2021
31 August 2021 Dear colleagues and students I am proud to announce that the Western Cape Department of Health and the University of Cape Town (UCT) will open the UCT Community of Hope Vaccination Centre at our Forest Hill residence complex in Main Road, Mowbray, on 1 September 2021. The entrance is on Broad Street…