By Aneeqa du Plessis Following the announcement from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of a mumps outbreak across the country earlier this month, chief operating officer (COO) at the Western Cape Health Department, Dr Saadiq Karriem said the province has seen a continued increase since the beginning of 2023. “Mumps has been rearing its head over the last couple of weeks. The positivity rate over the last few […]
The Western Cape Health Department said that it planned to vaccinate more than 42,000 teachers swiftly once it got the FDA's green light to administer the Johnson & Johnson jab. Over 200,000 vaccine shots have already been administered in the province and authorities are hoping to scale up even further. Once more vaccines were supplied, health authorities aimed to process 120,000 vaccinations every week. While the COVID-19 caseload continued to […]
The Western Cape goverment said it expected to hear whether the ban on alcohol sales in the province will be lifted within the next few days. It recently concluded presentations to the national coronavirus command council to revisit the ban within provincial borders. Premier Alan Winde stated the reopening of all businesses would also address the hunger and unemployment crisis currently experienced in the province. Furthermore, Chief of Operations of […]
Western Cape health authorities are concerned over the emergence of cluster transmissions of the coronavirus in the province, which has now become the epicentre of the virus in South Africa. The latest statistics from the National Health Department show South Africa now has 4,793 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The death toll in the country also increased to 90 after three patients succumbed to the coronavirus. More than 1,470 people have recovered […]
As citizens ready themselves for the nationwide lockdown, the state has confirmed that the number of covid-19 cases has jumped to 554. Yesterday that number stood at 402. The Western Cape’s cases increased by 14 overnight, the province now has 113 confirmed cases. Incoming head of the Western Cape Health Department Dr Keith Cloete said of the cases that the province has, 14 was outside the City of Cape Town […]
At the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak Wuhan, China the pandemic Covid-19 is slowing down but in South Africa, it has started gaining momentum. Today, the health department announced that there were 150 cases of Covid-19 nationally, since the first diagnosis under two weeks ago. As the virus picks up speed via the second phase of local transmission, the question begs, are local hospitals ready to deal with an influx […]
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 […]
Since the news that the coronavirus has breached the shores of South Africa, the country’s health officials have promptly taken action. But, now the questions begs whether the province is as ready to deal with a sudden surge in cases of the deadly virus. Speaking to VOC on Friday, the incoming head of the Western Cape Health Department Keith Cloete stated that everyone in the province is on high alert […]
Amid widespread anger and distress for grieving families, the Western Cape Department of Health has reduced the waiting period for Muslim autopsies from six days to two days. This was confirmed in a meeting with the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) held in Cape Town on Tuesday. This week's meeting was a follow-up to a special meeting called one month ago between the MJC and the MEC of Health Nomafrench Mbombo […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
