Tauhierah Salie

Rapid Antigen tests will now cost no more than 150-rand inclusive of VAT with immediate effect. This comes after the Competition Commission and South Africa’s three largest private pathology groups, Pathcare, Lancet and Ampath, reached an agreement to reduce the price. The department of health welcomed the price cut, which is expected to remain in effect for two years.

The Department of Health has announced an end to contact tracing and quarantining of COVID-19 contacts. According to reports, the Department adopted a recommendation from the Ministerial Advisory Committee. MAC says the proportion of people with immunity is high, and containment strategies are no longer viable. Those who have come in contact with the virus or who develop symptoms should be tested. The isolation period of 10 days remains for […]

South Africa’s health department has recorded 21 157 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The majority of new cases are from KwaZulu-Natal with 25-percent, followed by the Western Cape with 22-percent and Gauteng accounted for 20-percent. There has been an increase of 411 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. A further 75 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing the total fatalities to 90-thousand-662 to date. The […]

IPID has appealed for patience amid the investigation into the death of man in custody at Bellville police station. Spokesperson Grace Langa says police are reported to have left Wayne Thomas cuffed to a burglar door in an office, while searching for a second suspect in the case assault case for which he was detained. Langa says upon officers’ return, the 27-year-old was found hanging in a kneeling position. The […]