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Heidi Giokos

@HeidiGiokos

4 Jul

JUST IN: SA has recorded 16,585 new #Covid19 cases in the last 24-hours.
A total of 54,879 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, representing a 30.2% positivity rate. 333 people have since passed due to #Covid19 complications in the last 24-hours.

Out of the 16,585 new #Covid19 cases, 9,443 are in Gauteng.
KZN reporting 1,166 and Western Cape 1,784
#Covid19SA #ThirdWave #DeltaVariant

7-day moving average number of new #Covid19 cases by province:

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Heidi Giokos

@HeidiGiokos

2 Jul

BREAKING: South Africa records 24,270 new #Covid19 cases in the last 24-hours. This is the highest the country has recorded in a day. 14,198 are in Gauteng.

A total of 88,738 tests were conducted in the last 24 hrs, with 24,270 new cases, which represents a 27.4% positivity rate. A further 303 #Covid19 related deaths have been reported.

An increase of 627 hospital admissions have been reported in the past 24 hours. #DeltaVariant #ThirdWave #Covid19SA

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Heidi Giokos

@HeidiGiokos

11 Jun

JUST IN: Department of Health says there is now a real possibility that the #JohnsonandJohnson vaccines in the EC may not be be suitable for use following FDA announcement however SAHPRA needs to further assess and will advise if they are suitable for SA or not.

JUST IN: Dep of Health says 300 000 J&J doses are cleared to be shipped to SA as a matter of extreme urgency. #JohnsonAndJohnsonVaccine

Dep of Health says the FDA announced that, after careful evaluation of these doses, they approved an extension of the expiry date after determining that the vaccine can be stored in 2-8 degrees celsius (normal bar fridge) for 4,5 months instead of 3 months. #JohnsonAndJohnson

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Heidi Giokos

@HeidiGiokos

11 Jun

BREAKING: Reports suggest that the FDA has ordered Johnson & Johnson to throw out about 60 million doses which were made at the Emergent BioSolutions plant. This is due to possible contamination. #JohnsonAndJohnson

South Africa has been waiting on the FDA to give an indication on whether or not the Johnson and Johnson vaccines they were packaged in the EC can be released. Now that the FDA is ordered for 60m doses to be destroyed, does that include batches brought to SA?

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday batches 5,6,7 & 8 could have been contaminated. Especially batch 8.
Minister also said J&J was going to provide additional vaccines to bridge the gap while SA waits on the FDA. We wait to hear if SA is affected.

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Heidi Giokos

@HeidiGiokos

9 Jun

JUST IN: 8881 new positive #Covid19 cases have been identified in the last 24-hours.

A total of 53 732 tests were conducted in the last 24-hours and with 8 881 new cases reported this represents a 16.5% positivity rate.
A further 129 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported in the last 24-hours.

The majority of new cases today are from the Gauteng province (58%), followed by the Western Cape (9%) province. #Covid19

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Heidi Giokos

@HeidiGiokos

8 May

BREAKING: B.1.617.2 #Covid19 variant first detected in India is now in South Africa. Department of Health announces 4 cases have been identified.

Network for Genomic Surveillance in SA has confirmed 2 variants of concern, other than the B.1.351 already dominating in SA, have been detected.
These are:
11 cases of the B.1.1.7 which was first detected in the UK.
And 4 cases of B.1.617.2 first detected in India. #COVID19

The 4 cases of B.1.617.2 have been detected in Gauteng (2) and KwaZulu-Natal (2) and all have a history of recent arrival from #India #Covid19

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