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Die adjunkminister van Gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, sê die verheerliking van damprook en gegeurde tabakprodukte veroorsaak 'n gevaarlike toename in nikotienverslawing onder tieners. Hy het tydens Wêreld Geen Tabakdag in Midrand onthul dat een uit elke vyf hoërskoolleerders damprook. Phaahla het beklemtoon dat hierdie neiging gesondheid op die lange duur bedreig. Hy het beklemtoon dat die Tabakbeheerwetsontwerp daarop gemik is om damprook met strenger regulasies te beperk:

Lester Kiewit speaks to Russell Rensburg, TB Accountability Consortium programme director, about their state of TB in South Africa Report. It was launched to coincide with international World TB Day. It also evaluates the government’s ambitious plan to test 5million people over the next year to bring it under control and reduce the annual 56 000 deaths in South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clement Manyathela and Africa Melane speak to a range of politicians following the Opening of Parliament Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Guests EFF leader Julius Malema, Joe Phaahla, Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Gwen Ramokgopa, ANC Secretary General, Vuyolwethu Zungula, president of the African Transformation Movement, Dean Macpherson, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Minister of Electricity, Nomvula Mokonyane, first deputy secretary general of the ANC, Mzwanele Nyhontso – the newly appointed Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, John Hlophe, MK Party parliamentary leader, SCOPA Chair Songezo Zibi and leader of RIse Mzansi, Gayton McKenzie, Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of South Africa, Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Health Minister dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Herman Mashaba, Action SA LeaderSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clement Manyathela and Africa Melane speak to a range of politicians following the Opening of Parliament Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Guests EFF leader Julius Malema, Joe Phaahla, Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Gwen Ramokgopa, ANC Secretary General, Vuyolwethu Zungula, president of the African Transformation Movement, Dean Macpherson, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Minister of Electricity, Nomvula Mokonyane, first deputy secretary general of the ANC, Mzwanele Nyhontso – the newly appointed Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, John Hlophe, MK Party parliamentary leader, SCOPA Chair Songezo Zibi and leader of RIse Mzansi, Gayton McKenzie, Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture of South Africa, Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, Health Minister dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Herman Mashaba, Action SA LeaderSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsdepartement het pogings verskerp om die verspreiding van M-pokke te bekamp, nadat vyf gevalle en een sterfte aangeteken is. Die departement span saam met MIV-programme en sleutelorganisasies om bewusmaking te verhoog. Die gesondheidminister, Joe Phaahla, het op 'n nuuskonferensie gesê Tecovirimat, 'n antivirale medikasie, is verkry vir ernstige gevalle deur skenkings van die Wêreld-gesondheidsorganisasie.

Cosatu doen 'n beroep op werkers om versigtig te wees ná die uitbreking van A-pokke. Dit volg nadat die minister van Gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, twee gevalle in Gauteng en drie in KwaZulu-Natal bevestig het, wat tot een sterfte gelei het. Simptome sluit in 'n uitslag, koors en moegheid, met vel-tot-vel en seksuele kontak as belangrikste maniere van oordrag. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, raai werkers aan om voorsorgmaatreëls te tref, aangesien die besmetting 'n ernstige bedreiging inhou:

The health department says a second person has died of Mpox less than 24 hours after minister Joe Phaahla provided an update on the spread of the infectious disease. The latest death was a 38-year-old male patient from KwaZulu-Natal. In Gauteng a man living with HIV tested positive for Mpox on Wednesday. This brings the total number of positive cases in the country to six and two deaths in five weeks.

Die buurland se gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, sal na verwagting vandag in Pretoria 'n nuuskonferensie hou oor die M-pokke-uitbreking. Dit volg nadat die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes twee nuwe gevalle in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, bevestig het, wat verband hou met 'n voorheen-bevestigde geval en plaaslike verspreiding aandui. Woordvoerder, Foster Mohale, sê gesondheidskenners van die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes en die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sal by die minister aansluit:

One person has died of the Mpox disease in South Africa. Health minister Joe Phaahla says five cases were reported in the country, three in Kwazulu-Natal and two cases in Gauteng. Phaahla briefed the media on the outbreak of the disease earlier

Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaahla will today provide an update on the Monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak in South Africa. So far there have been four laboratory-confirmed cases reported in the country, with three cases in KwaZulu-Natal and one case in Gauteng. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to Dr. Angelique Coetzee, former Chairperson of the South African Medical Association, SAMA

Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaahla says there is over 2000 unclaimed bodies in government mortuaries countrywide. Minister Phaahla was responding to a parliamentary question. He says the bodies are in the country's six provinces with Kwazulu-Natal having the highest number of unclaimed bodies. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to Chief Director for Hospital Services in the Health Department, Dr. Relenogile Ncha

Die DA sê hy gaan aan die minister van Gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, skryf, oor inligting wat hy ontvang het dat meer as 200 dokters wat hul internskappe suksesvol voltooi het, nog vir gemeenskapsdiens geplaas moet word. Die DA sê dit weerspreek Phaahla se stelling in Februarie dat alle gegradueerdes wat vir plasing in aanmerking gekom het, reeds geplaas is. Die DA-lid, Michele Clarke, sê volgens die Internskap- en Gemeenskapsdiensprogram is daar geen vakante poste nie:

Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, stel vandag ondersoek in na die vordering van die Limpopo-gesondheidsowerhede met die identifikasie en repatriasie van die slagoffers van 'n busongeluk. Vyf-en-veertig mense is dood toe 'n bus op pad van Botswana af na Moria verlede Donderdag in Limpopo in 'n ongeluk betrokke was. 'n Woordvoerder van die departement, Foster Mohale, sê 'n agt-jarige kind, wat ernstig beseer is, was die enigste oorlewende:

Die buurland se gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, sê hoewel Suid-Afrika steeds onder die lande met ‘n baie hoë tuberkulose-syfer is, was daar beduidende vordering in die land se stryd teen die siekte. 'n Bestendige afname is opgemerk in die aantal mense in die land wat jaarliks met TB gediagnoseer word sedert 2007, toe die syfer 644 000 was, teenoor net 280 000 in 2022. Phaahla sê die departement se TB Strategiese Plan is ten volle in lyn met die Nasionale Strategiese Plan:

With government saying there are no funds to employ doctors, qualified unemployed doctors say the government should bail out the health sector as with Eskom and other public entities. Dr Sanelisiwe Shozi who studied at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has been without a job since the beginning of 2023 and has been looking for employment in government. He feels the state is not willing to help the sector: “This is not an issue of finance, it's an issue of horrible mismanagement of funds from government.” An unemployed doctor from Tsomo, Eastern Cape, spoke anonymously to TimesLIVE. He was sent by the government to study medicine in Cuba. He returned to Eastern Cape to complete his internship because he says he wanted to fulfil his promise to serve rural people. He dismissed reports that doctors do not want to work in rural areas. According to South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) which represents doctors throughout the country, as of January there were 825 unemployed doctors. Deputy president of Samatu Dr Nkateko Mnisi said they are concerned that there are no funds, as this compromises health as a public commodity. “There's been many public entities that have found themselves at risk and have been bailed out; we speak about entities such as Eskom, such as SAA. Is the health of our community, is the health of South Africans not important? I feel it is highly important and we urge that government and our leaders take action to bail out healthcare.” The union, as well as the other unemployed doctors, dismissed a claim by the health department that young doctors reject rural employment. Last month the department said: “Several vacant posts are in rural areas, places that some prefer to sit out for a year, rather than venture into unfamiliar territory. This is a yearly problem where some young doctors reject rural placements using a variety of reasons.” The Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (Haitu) also released a statement rebuking the health department for “lying”: “The health department must be strongly condemned for shamelessly padding lies and for scapegoating junior doctors for their own joblessness.” Presenting the health department budget vote last year, minister Joe Phaahla said the health sector is underfunded, citing the Covid-19 pandemic and load-shedding. “The 2023/24 budget allocation for national department of health shows a decline of R4.4bn, from R64.5bn in 22/23 to R60.1bn in 2023/24.” Finance minister Enoch Godongwana, will table the national budget speech later this month. The ministry said “the budget allocation aims to strike a balance between growing the economy and supporting the vulnerable amid limited resources”. The ministry asked the public to share suggestions on the budget and submit their views.

Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaahla says they are engaging National Treasury for additional budget to employ newly qualified doctors. He was responding to the delays in the placement of graduate doctors. Phaahla says most of the affected doctors have been allocated posts but were unable to work due to lack of funding. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Dr. Cedric Sihlangu, General Secretary of the South African Medical Association Trade Union, SAMATU

Die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies in Suid-Afrika het ten gunste van die aanvaarding van die Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering gestem, met agt van die nege provinsies wat gestem het vir die goedkeuring van die wetsontwerp. Die Wes-Kaap het daarteen gestem. Die wetsontwerp is daarop gemik om die grondslag vir universele gesondheidsorg in Suid-Afrika te lê deur die vestiging van die fonds, wat die land se enigste aankoper van gesondheidsorgdienste sal word. Die wetsontwerp sal nou aan president Cyril Ramaphosa gestuur word om as wet onderteken te word. Die minister van gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, sê dit is ‘n geskiedkundige prestasie:

  Clement speaks to the Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla about the state of public health and the cost containment measures facing the department.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Department of Health has called on communities and organisations to create an enabling environment for people to openly discuss mental health challenges and share experiences to help break down barriers. This as health Minister, Dr. Joe Phaahla, will today lead the World Mental Health Day commemorative event in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Dudu Shiba, Director for Mental Health Programme Manager, at the National Health Department...

Die Health Justice Initiative in Suid-Afrika vra vir deursigtigheid met die verkryging van Covid-19-entstowwe. Die voorspraakgroep het hom onlangs na die hof gewend om die minister van gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, te verplig om toegang tot kontrakte, ooreenkomste en rekords van alle Covid-19-entstof-onderhandelingsvergaderings te verskaf. Die direkteur, Fatima Hassan, beklemtoon die belangrikheid van openbare toesig en aanspreeklikheid in entstofverkryging:

Die ANC in die Wes-Kaap hou sy provinsiale konferensie maande nadat dit moes gebeur het. Georganiseerde landbou beraam die skade van die oorstromings in die Wes-Kaap. Die Minister van Gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, sê verkeerde inligting word oor die Nasionale Gesondheidsversekeringswetsontwerp versprei.

Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla briefed media on Wednesday on the cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, which has left at least 23 people dead.His department is still trying to determine the source of the outbreak. Phaahla said even baptism can put one at risk of cholera.

African Reptiles and Venom  Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla has been urged to alleviate the critical shortage of anti-venom in South Africa and on the continent. This is in an open letter signed by 27 experts in the field of snakebite treatment, including highly experienced medical and trauma practitioners, as well as anti-venom and snake handling experts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A report was launched by Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla and the Health Ombud, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba. A report on the findings of an investigation into allegations against the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital has found that the hospital is unsafe, dirty and filthy. The investigation took just over a year to conclude and some of the complaints that led to the investigation suggested that  the dignity of the patients at the hospital was not taken seriously. Professor Makgoba says the report also found that allegation and that Mkabayi was not at the hospital full-time,were true.  

Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla says it is devastating that the death toll in the Christmas Eve gas truck explosion in Boksburg has now risen 34. He was speaking to SABC NEWS on the side-lines of the memorial service for the victims of the truck explosion held at the Boksburg Civic centre on Gauteng's Eastrand.  According to the Health Department 11 health care workers and 23 members of the public are now confirmed dead from this tragedy.  A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas exploded after it got stuck under a low bridge it was trying to pass under. Sebenzile Nkambule spoke to president of Truckers Association of South Africa, Mary Phadi.

Die DA sê Suid-Afrika het 'n tekort aan 3 401 ambulanse. Van die 3 342 ambulanse wat die land wel het, kan 750 tans nie gebruik word nie weens 'n gebrek aan onderhoud of skade weens botsings. Die minister van gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, het op 'n geskrewe parlementêre vraag van die party geantwoord. Die DA-lid, Haseena Ismail, sê die party het 'n aantal klagtes van gemeenskappe regoor die land ontvang dat mediese nooddienste lank neem om te reageer op hul oproepe, of net nie opdaag nie.

Health Minister, Joe Phaahla, has announced that some KZN hospitals will now be exempt from load shedding.

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Health minister Joe Phaahla briefed the media on Friday on the impact of load-shedding on healthcare facilities, including hospitals. He said they are in talks with stakeholders on load-shedding exemptions and progress has been made in some hospitals. These include hospitals in major cities and tertiary hospitals. The minister also outlined the department's plans to ensure hospitals can provide reliable and efficient services. 

Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, het onthul dat die Chris Hani Baragwanath Akademiese Hospitaal 178 miljoen Suid-Afrikaanse rand se uitstaande rekeninge het en dat 26 persent van die verskaffers is nie binne die vereiste tydperk van 30-dae betaal nie. Die DA sê Phaahla het ook die ernstige uitwerking van Baragwanath se onderbefondsing op personeel en die gesondheidsorg van pasiënte onthul. Die DA-lid, Michele Clarke, sê hy het in sy antwoord gesê die hospitaal se beperkte begroting kan nie die nodige uitbreiding en opknapping van diensleweringsgeriewe dek nie:

Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla het bekendgemaak dat agt miljoen Pfizer Covid-19-entstowwe binnekort verval. Die minister sê die entstowwe sal in Oktober vernietig moet word tensy dit gebruik word. Dit kom teen die agtergrond van die inentingskoers in die land wat aanhou daal. Die afdelingsdirekteur van die Wits-gesondheidsplatform, Francois Venter sê hierdie nuus dui op 'n mislukte entstofveldtog deur die Departement van Gesondheid. Volgens Venter het die departement misluk met sy inentingsdoelwit:

Die DA sê hy het geskrewe vrae in die Parlement aan die minister van Gesondheid, Joe Phaahla, voorgelê oor die totale onverkrygbaarheid van geelkoorsentstof en vele ander mediese voorrade in Suid-Afrika. Daar is volgens berigte 'n tekort aan 150 noodsaaklike medisynes. 'n DA-woordvoerder, Michele Clarke, sê sommige van die tekorte kan wel aan Covid-19-verwante oorsake toegeskryf word, maar dis kommerwekkend dat die situasie voortduur:

Health Minister, Joe Phaahla, and Operation Dudula this week reached an agreement to stop picketing outside the Kalafong Tertiary Hospital in Atteridgeville.Phaahla says the protests at the hospital are unwarranted. The Minister visited the facility following the picket by Operation Dudula, which has been ongoing since the beginning of August. It's alleged patients suspected to be foreign nationals were turned away, but Operation Dudula denies this. Tensions once again rose this week , and police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the crowd. We spoke to Ferron Pedro, Spokesperson for Kopanong Africa. Kopanong Africa is a coalition of communities, civic organisations  and organized labour against Xenophobia

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Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, sê daar is op die oomblik geen aappokke-entstof wat in Suid-Afrika geregistreer is nie. Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie het die virus onlangs tot openbare noodtoestand verklaar nadat 35 000 gevalle in 92 lande aangemeld is. 'n Vyfde geval van aappokke is in die land aangeteken. Volgens Phaahla is massa-inentings nie nodig nie, maar die regering hou die toestand fyn dop.

Net soos in Suid-Afrika, is geen aappokke-entstof in Namibië geregistreer nie. Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, sê daar is op die oomblik geen aappokke-entstof wat in Suid-Afrika nie. Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie het die virus onlangs tot openbare noodtoestand verklaar nadat 35 000 gevalle in 92 lande aangemeld is. Die uitvoerende direkteur in die Namibiese gesondheidsministerie, Ben Nangombe, verduidelik aan Kosmos 94.1 Nuus die verkryging van aappokke-entstof.

In recent news, the Health Minister, Joe Phaahla, made an official announcement that masks are no longer mandatory in South Africa. This means we bid farewell after two years of disguised faces and muffled conversations. The question on all our minds is... what now? Here are some suggestions on what to do with your face masks... ECR'S Top 5: What to do with your masks now

Die minister van gesondheid in die buurland, Joe Phaahla, sê Suid-Afrikaners moet weer waaksaam wees nadat die eerste geval van aappokke in die land bevestig is. Hy sê die siekte word hoofsaaklik oorgedra deur nabye kontak met 'n besmette persoon en beklemtoon dis nie 'n siekte van die asemhalingstelsel nie. Phaahla sê ook die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes bied tans aanlyn opleiding vir gesondheidswerkers om hulle in staat te stel om die toestand te diagnoseer sodat die nodige laboratoriumtoetse gedoen kan word. Dr Jacqueline Weyer van die spesiale patogene-afdeling by die instituut is aan die woord:

Ná vier-en-'n-half jaar se sittings en sowat 'n miljard rand van belastingbetalers se geld, is die finale verslag oor staatskaping uiteindelik gisteraand aan die president oorhandig. Die Menseregtekommissie in Gauteng sê die gewelddadige optrede teen haweloses in die provinsie moet summier gestaak word. Die minister van gesondheid, dr. Joe Phaahla, spreek die media vandag toe nadat verskeie Covid-19-regulasies gisteraand per kennisgewing in die Staatskoerant opgeskort is. Ons praat met 'n ingenieur oor hoe die waterkrisis is die Nelson Mandela Baai Metro bestuur word. Die Nasionale Kunstefees in Makhanda verwelkom feesgangers in lewende lywe vir die eerste keer sedert die begin van die Covid-pandemie.

Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla on Thursday said SA had reached a "historic day" and "major turning point" since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes after the decision to scrap the regulations governing the use of face masks, limits on gatherings and testing and vaccination rules for those entering the country. Some South Africans also weighed in on the matter.

African Christian Democratic Party, ACDP leader Kenneth Meshoe says his party is determined to fight for the freedoms guaranteed in the constitution. Meshoe and his members marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to mark Freedom Day. The party has applied to be a friend of the court in the urgent application lodged by the Action 4 Freedom against the Minister of Health, Joe Phaahla. They want more time to be given to the public to comment on the draft health regulations. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to ACDP Leader, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe

The question on most employers minds after the National State of Disaster was lifted after two long years by the president on Monday evening is what's next? As the government races to devise new measures for managing the coronavirus pandemic in order to lift the national state of disaster, health minister Joe Phaahla has released a slew of proposed changes to current health regulations, some of which have left experts baffled. At the same time, labour & employment minister Thulas Nxesi published a new code of conduct for managing Covid-19 in the workplace, reaffirming employers' rights to introduce vaccine mandates and tightening the grounds on which employees may refuse to get jabbed. The flurry of directions, codes and regulations dealing with the various aspects of the pandemic where there is no State of Disaster create a complex landscape of rules and regulations for employers to navigate. And one has to ask whether any of the lessons on how to deal effectively with the pandemic were learned in the ensuing health regalations which have been widely criticised. Joining Michael Avery on this discussion is Nerine Khan, former Commissioner and director in the CCMA and founder of Employment Relations Exchange; Connie Mulder, Head: Solidarity Research Institute (SRI) and Professor Alex van den Heever, chair in the field of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the Wit's School of Governance

Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, het 1 764 babas verwelkom wat op Nuwejaarsdag by verskeie openbare gesondheidsgeriewe in die land gebore is. Die eerste baba was 'n 25-jarige ma se dogtertjie wat om middernag haar opwagting gemaak het by die Shongwe-hospitaal in Mpumalanga. Die woordvoerder, Foster Mohale, sê 894 dogtertjies is gebore teenoor 870 seuns, terwyl 65 ma's tieners is tussen die ouderdom van 13 en 19 jaar oud.

Die dood van meer as 30 seuns tydens die jongste inisiasieproses word as 'n menseslagting beskryf. Die Wes-Kaap ervaar 'n skerp afname in inentingsgetalle. Die Minister van Gesondheid, dr. Joe Phaahla, sê inentings teen Covid-19 bespaar die ekonomie baie geld. Kuberkrakers teiken maatskappye en instellings regoor die land. 'n Kenner deel sy wenke vir 'n veiliger feesgety. Die Minister van Polisie, Bheki Cele, waarsku dat Covid-19-regulasies in KwaZulu-Natal streng toegepas sal word.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, pleit by Suid-Afrikaners wat op reis gaan, om gebruik te maak van inentingsentrums in al nege provinsies in die buurland. Phaahla het 'n inligtingsessie gehou om inwoners op hoogte te hou van die regering se inentingsplan. Die minister sê verskeie bestaande inentingsentrums sal oor die feestyd deur die hele land oop wees en sal 'n veiliger vakansie waarborg.

Suid-Afrika is tans in die vierde vlaag. Die buurland se gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, sê al die provinsies beleef nou die vlaag terwyl die Omikron-variant oor die wêreld versprei. Dié variant is al in meer as 76 lande opgemerk. In sy jongste verslag oor die pandemie, het Phaahla vandag gesê in baie van die land se provinsies is die positiwiteitskoers 30 persent of meer. Hy sê die getal mense wat in die hospitaal opgeneem word, styg ook skerp:

News headlines: *Health minister Joe Phaahla says that South Africans could enjoy a lockdown-free Christmas – but only if they “stay put” and observe all Covid-19 protocols. *Liquor traders and alcohol companies say they have increasingly become a big target for criminals. *The SIU is investigating a company that was given an open-ended contract to renovate a clinic to prepare it for Covid patients. *The National Accommodation Association of South Africa said about 90% of small lodges and guest houses might soon have to shut their doors due to the number of booking cancellations.

Health minister Joe Phaahla said the Omicron Covid-19 variant is highly transmissible but cases don't seem severe. He said Omicron is accounting for 70% of infections in Gauteng but there is no need to be alarmed. “Weekly cases in Gauteng have increased by more than 400%,” he said. The minister was addressing the media on Friday morning.

Nesta semana, circulam nas redes sociais conteúdos falsos que tentam desinformar os usuários sobre a nova variante de preocupação do coronavírus, chamada de ômicron. Em um deles, é atribuída ao ministro da Saúde da África do Sul, Joe Phaahla, a informação de que a ômicron é na verdade, uma reação adversa das vacinas contra a Covid-19.

Health Minister Doctor Joe Phaahla, says there is a possibility of an inter-provincial travel ban this festive season as a result of the rising number of COVID-19 infections. More than 2-thousand 8-hundred cases were recorded today, with 12 deaths. More than 80-percent of the new infections are in Gauteng. However the Health Department says the new variant is spreading rapidly across the country

The Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has called on all political parties to adhere to the Covid-19 level one restrictions this weekend as political parties make their final push ahead of the November first municipal elections. Phaahla says the infection rate is stable with a positivity rate of less than two percent. New cases declined by 22% over the last seven days, hospitalisations by 14.5% and deaths by 18%. Phaahla, however, warned if the country wants to keep the current trajectory, people must remain vigilant.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsminister, Joe Phaahla, het aangekondig ‘n duisend stempunte in die buurland sal Maandag op verkiesingsdag opskiet-inentingspersele hê. Meer as 22 miljoen dosisse Covid-19-entstof is tot dusver in die land toegedien. Phaahla sê opskietpersele sal by die persele opgestel word, maar buite die gebied wat vir stemmery afgemerk is. Die minister sê hulle fokus grootliks op gebiede waar inentingsyfers laag is:

Suid Afrikaanse kiesers sal Maandag tydens die land se plaaslike regeringsverkiesings hulself teen Covid-19 kan inent. Die land se minister van gesondheid, dr. Joe Phaahla, het vanoggend aangekondig dat opwip-inentingsentrums op 1 November by talle kiessentrums opgerig gaan word. Ons korrespondent in Kaapstad, Fritz Platt ...

Pop-up vaccination sites will be available at voting stations during the local government polls on Monday. Health Minister, Joe Phaahla says these are being set up to assist voters who haven't yet taken the Covid-19 jab.

Health Minister, Joe Phaahla has been explaining why only dose of the Pfizer vaccine has been given the greenlight for children between the ages of 12 and 17.

Minister of health Joe Phaahla shared information about teenagers being the next in line for COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as an update on whether the country was able to vaccinate more than a quarter of the adult population. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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“The police have made sex workers their ATMs. Whenever they feel broke they go arrest sex workers and make them pay the guilty fine, but also when their wives don't give them sex they just go and want to get sex for free. This can't continue … we want to trade freely as entrepreneurs,” Bogopane-Zulu, who described herself as a chief sex worker, said. Speaking at a dialogue with sex workers on Monday to discuss the impact of the lockdown on sex work, Bogopane-Zulu said that unless everyone in the country started putting themselves in the shoes of sex workers, they would always be treated as outcasts. “There is no 'us and them'. We are all sex workers, the difference is … are you pre-paid, are you pay-as-you-go or are you on contract? Either way, you are a sex worker,” she said, to the applause of sex workers and other delegates in attendance. “The idea of us and them should never exist,” said Bogopane-Zulu, adding that, as a married woman, she too fell into the category of sex workers, the only difference being that she was prepaid as lobola was paid for her. She said claiming this title would help government departments provide better service to this group, which remains at greatest risk of HIV, pregnancy, cervical cancer and gender-based violence. Deputy police minister Cassel Mathale committed the police ministry and police to doing better when dealing with sex workers. While sex work was still criminalised in SA, Mathale said that didn't give the police the right to victimise sex workers such as assaulting them, as they too had human rights and should be “treated as human being first”. “We will continue to learn and work with you. We will continue to make sure that police officers who take money must be dealt with. The cases must be reported and we need to deal with that,” he said. He said decriminalisation of sex work would make the jobs of police officers easy. Mathale was in agreement that sex workers ended up bribing police to avoid arrest. “Because sex workers don't want to be arrested they end up paying so that they don't go to jail. We are fully aware of that and will make sure that these things are dealt with,” he said. The South African National Aids Council (Sanac), the UN Fund for Population Activities, UNAIDS and sex worker advocacy groups such as Sonke Gender Justice formed part of the dialogue. Deputy minister of justice & correctional services John Jeffrey, and deputy health minister Joe Phaahla were also among those who attended. Sanac CEO Dr Fareed Abdullah said SA was one of the worst countries in terms of HIV infections, with the highest prevalence of HIV among sex workers. A study done among street-based sex workers who worked on the national road between Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, found that 88% of them were HIV-positive and 75% became pregnant. “I can tell you that there is no higher prevalence of HIV in any community in any part of the world. In which country do you see sex workers not having access to contraceptives? It's unbelievable. Only in this country where sex workers who are at risk of pregnancy cannot have access to condoms,” he said. Abdullah said there were more sex workers in the country than workers in gold mines, which is one of the key drivers of the economy." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

莫德納疫苗最終分析：可維持至少6個月高防護力 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202108060005.aspx 美國製藥廠莫德納今天表示，旗下COVID-19疫苗可維持很強的防護力至少6個月；另外，公司正在測試、專門針對變異株的追加疫苗，也可對Delta病毒產生「強勁」抗體反應。 法新社報導，公司進行最後階段的第3期臨床試驗最終分析時發現，莫德納（Moderna）COVID-19（2019冠狀病毒疾病）疫苗在施打完第2劑的6個月後，仍展現出93%的防護效力。 另外，公司也對3種不同的COVID-19追加疫苗進行臨床實驗，發現它們全都能對原本的冠狀病毒株和Delta等高關注變異株（variants of concern）產生高濃度抗體。Delta變異株最早是在印度被發現。 執行長班塞爾（Stephane Bancel）發布聲明表示：「我們很滿意我們的COVID-19疫苗能在6個月內維持93%的持久效力，但我們承認Delta變種病毒構成顯著的新威脅，所以我們必須保持警覺。」 嬌生疫苗南非47萬人三期出爐！預防致死達96.2%、對Delta變種保護力71% https://store.gbimonthly.com/Article/Detail/60381 美國時間6日，嬌生(Johnson&Johnson)的單劑新冠疫苗Ad26.COV2.S，其在南非進行、超過47.7萬名醫療工作者參與的臨床三期試驗結果出爐。該研究共同負責人Glenda Gray表示，此疫苗不僅可以有效預防新冠重症，對抗Delta變異株的防止感染保護力可達到71%。 這項臨床三期試驗名為「Sisonke」，從2月中旬開始、在今年5月完成，共納入477,234名南非的醫療工作者。研究團隊成員表示，單劑嬌生疫苗的預防致死率可達91%到96.2%，達到主要試驗終點；而針對新冠變種的避免感染防護力，對Beta變異株為67%，對Delta變異株為71%。 許多研究針對新冠疫苗對高傳染性的Delta變異株的防護力提出質疑、提出追加施打(booster shot)的建議，嬌生疫苗也不例外。今年6月甚至有傳染病專家認為，接種過嬌生疫苗的人，應該再接種輝瑞(Pfizer)/BioNTech或Moderna疫苗，不過Gray對此表示，數據尚不支持嬌生疫苗必須追加施打。 這項臨床試驗的成果，對於南非來說是個好消息，因為當地的疫苗接種計畫進展並不順利。今年2月，南非政府基於阿斯特捷利康(AstraZeneca, AZ)對當時主要流行的Beta變異株，在輕至中度症狀的保護力不足，因而停止AZ疫苗的接種，這使得南非的疫苗接種在2月起變得不穩定。 此外，南非在今年4月批准了嬌生疫苗的使用，並和輝瑞(Pfizer)/BioNTech的新冠疫苗，一起投入國家疫苗接種計畫。但是，在今年4月美國提出考量罕見血栓問題、暫停施打嬌生疫苗後，南非也暫停了嬌生疫苗的使用。 現在，南非新任衛生部長Joe Phaahla表示，他們將預計納入其他新冠疫苗加入接種計畫，包括科興(Sinovac)疫苗；此外，在AZ疫苗已經證明對Delta變種有效後，也可能重新納入AZ疫苗加入施打。目前南非已經接種了超過830萬人。 混打疫苗可行嗎？AZ混打輝瑞/BNT AZ混打莫德納等等 https://linshibi.com/?p=39613 給長輩的AZ疫苗懶人包 https://linshibi.com/?p=39590 高端 聯亞 國產疫苗懶人包 第二期結束就緊急授權可行嗎？ https://linshibi.com/?p=39547 新冠快篩懶人包 普篩 抗體快篩 抗原快篩 https://linshibi.com/?p=36564 新冠肺炎疫情下的防疫須知 常見問題解答FAQ https://linshibi.com/?p=35408 新冠疫苗常見問題懶人包 https://linshibi.com/?p=38945 林氏璧醫師的電子名片 https://lit.link/linshibi 歡迎贊助我喝咖啡 https://pay.firstory.me/user/linshibi Powered by Firstory Hosting

Guest: Ferial Haffajee | Associate Editor  at Daily Maverick Following weeks of speculation, President Cyril Ramaphosa finally announced his much anticipated Cabinet reshuffle in an address to the nation last night. Most notably, Joe Phaahla comes in as the new Minister of Health following the resignation of Zweli Mkhize, while Enoch Godongwana comes in as Finance Minister. Police minister Bheke Cele, who was criticised for his ministry's handling of the recent unrest, remains in his post, while Ramaphosa has scrapped the Ministry of State Security and moved the function into the Presidency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Prof. Jane Duncan | Prof Of Journalism at Dept Of Journalism, Film And Television At University Of Johannesburg Following weeks of speculation, President Cyril Ramaphosa finally announced his much anticipated Cabinet reshuffle in an address to the nation last night.   Most notably, Joe Phaahla comes in as the new Minister of Health following the resignation of Zweli Mkhize, while Enoch Godongwana comes in as Finance Minister.   Police minister Bheke Cele, who was criticised for his ministry's handling of the recent unrest, remains in his post, while Ramaphosa has scrapped the Ministry of State Security and moved the function into the Presidency. The president said this consolidation of the security cluster was in order to improve its strategic management and effectiveness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest cabinet reshuffle by President Cyril Ramaphosa has been met with mixed reactions. On Thursday night, Ramaphosa announced, among other changes, that he had appointed the chair of the Development Bank of South Africa, Enoch Godongwana, as the new finance minister and collapsed the State Security department into the Presidency. Deputy Health Minister, Joe Phaahla has been promoted to lead the health ministry, following the resignation of Zweli Mkhize amid corruption allegations. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Governance and Risk Specialist, Sandile Swana.

Guest: Prof Susan Booysen | School Of Governance at Wits Following weeks of speculation, President Cyril Ramaphosa finally announced his much anticipated Cabinet reshuffle in an address to the nation last night. Most notably, Joe Phaahla comes in as the new Minister of Health following the resignation of Zweli Mkhize, while Enoch Godongwana comes in as Finance Minister, replacing Tito Mboweni. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.