Co-VID 19 Archives - Voice of the Cape

Covid-19: Solidarity Fund will buy R405m worth of medical equipment for hard-hit provinces

The Solidarity Fund is set to purchase critical medical equipment worth R405 million - including hospital beds, ventilators and high-flow oxygen devices - for Gauteng, the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. In a statement on Friday, Solidarity Fund spokesperson Viwe Tlaleane said the fund would purchase medical equipment for Gauteng hospitals - including the Nasrec field hospital - beds and ventilators for the Western Cape, and ward capacity and oxygen […]

11 July 2020

International News

Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA sit-in removed amid coronavirus lockdown

Police in India's capital has broken up the longest-running protest against a new citizenship law, citing a ban on public gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of people, many of them women, have been staging a sit-in protest since early December on a street in the Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood, which has become a focal point for opposition to the law seen as discriminating against Muslims. Hundreds of police in […]

24 March 2020

News

MJC issues fatwa on Co-VID 19

THE CORONA VIRUS AND OUR RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS The outbreak of the Corona virus pandemic, and the preventative measures adopted by our government as announced in the President’s speech on 15/03/2020, have necessitated that the manner in which Muslims conduct their religious obligations align with the universal imperative of containing the spread of the virus. Muslims, as much as they carry the obligation of certain religious observances, also share with all […]

16 March 2020

Local

SAA says adhering to safety protocols on Covid-19

National carrier South African Airways said on Thursday its operational health and safety procedures were in line with the World Health Organisation’s protocols to protect its passengers and crew from contracting Covid-19. On Wednesday WHO declared the coronavirus disease a pandemic as it continues to spread around the world after being first detected in China in December. "SAA follows procedures, advice and guidelines from the Centre for Disease Control and […]

12 March 2020

News

MJC hosts Co-VID 19 workshop: There’s no distinction between Islamic, medical perspective

As the global death toll and range of the corona virus continues to increase, so does it’s media coverage. However, the facts and figures are being disseminated through social media with accompanying ‘add-ons’ that have created unwarranted panic in some regions. South Africa is among these regions where misconceptions have thrived, despite only three infections. This was among the factors that influenced the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) to host a […]

9 March 2020

News

Wife of SA’s first confirmed case of Co-VID 19 becomes third to be positively diagnosed

South African Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said all three patients who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus are in isolation. In a statement on Sunday, Mkhize clarified that all those who were in direct contact with the first man to be diagnosed with coronavirus in Kwa Zulu Natal on Thursday have been traced. Although the man traveled to Italy in a group of 10, only nine returned to South […]

9 March 2020

International News

Egypt ‘likely source’ of coronavirus in Taiwan patient: doctors

Taiwan's government said on Sunday that an elderly Taiwanese woman who was part of a tour group in Egypt was likely infected with the COVID-19 virus while there last month and unlikely the source of infection of 12 Egyptian crew on a Nile cruise. Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said in a statement on Friday the Taiwanese tourist was the source of the infection of 12 Egyptian cruise ship workers. […]

9 March 2020

News

How is the Coronavirus affecting Muslim worshipers across the globe?

South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed the first positive case of the coronavirus in the country. The rapid spread of the influenza-like virus has caused people around the globe to avoid crowded spaces, unnecessary travel and to ensure precautionary measures are taken to keep hygiene in check. However, this has caused a major shift in the way Muslims around the world are allowed to perform acts of worship. […]

5 March 2020

International News

Co-VID 19: Italy death toll jumps as global outbreak deepens

Governments around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of COVID-19, which is growing globally even as transmission in China, where the virus originated at the end of last year, continues to show signs of slowing. There are more than 93,000 cases around the world - the overwhelming majority in China - but as deaths are reported in Italy, Iran and the United States, authorities are considering new quarantine zones and […]

4 March 2020

Co-VID 19

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