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Poll: healthcare providers should continue to use PPE post COVID-19

5 March 2021 (Last Updated March 5th, 2021 18:03) Personal protective equipment (PPE) played a key role in preventing frontline healthcare providers from being at risk of getting infected with COVID-19. Verdict has conducted a poll to assess how healthcare providers should use PPE after the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysis of the …

FEDS worried about COVID mask littering

By Dave Naylor Even though their department sent millions of COVID-19 masks to the dump before the pandemic, Public Health Agency officials warned of possible “environmental impacts” if regular Canadians started chucking their masks. “Increased personal protective equipment is creating more PPE waste which is not currently recyclable or biodegradable,” said …

A Burton employee who used to make snowboards shifted to fabricating face shields for hospital workers at the company's 10,000 square-foot prototyping facility in Burlington, Vermont. COURTESY OF BURTON SNOWBOARDS

How companies pivoted from making dresses, snowboards and whisky to face masks, gloves and sanitizer

First published on March 10, 2021 / 12:18 PM © 2021 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. In March of 2020, as frontline health care workers toiled to keep the first wave of patients infected with COVID-19 alive, sudden shortages of hand sanitizer, gloves, gowns and face masks, in particular, hampered their efforts — …

COVID-19 in SA: 991 more cases identified

JOHANNESBURG - The health department said 991 more COVID-19 infections have been reported in the last 24 hours. However, the total number of active cases in the country has dropped below 27,000. Nearly half of these are in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Sadly, 103 more people have died of COVID-19 …

5,000 die of Covid-19 in SA; interest rate cut looms; Prosus play for EBay classads; Old Mutual 19th July 2020 by Jackie Cameron

By Jackie Cameron 5,000 people are reported as having died from Covid-19, but the figure is believed to be far higher in provinces like the Eastern Cape. Bloomberg reports that the country recorded 10,994 excess deaths between May 6 and July 6, according to the South African Medical Research Council, which publishes weekly …

Covid-19 feeding scheme appeals for help

The youth and adults are resorting to prostitution, theft, and to selling drugs to provide a meal for their families.6 hours ago WENTWORTH Angels is appealing for help to enable the organisation to assist people affected by poverty, single parent households and unemployment. Tracey Williams said unemployment has risen in communities and …

WHO REPORTS RECORD DAILY INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES, SA ON THE LIST

Reuters | about 4 hours ago NEW YORK - The World Health Organisation reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours. The biggest increases reported on Saturday were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according …

Western Cape COVID-19 recoveries at 68 001

Published by capeetc on July 19, 2020 6107 The Western Cape now has 13 331 active cases of COVID-19, with a total of 83 948 confirmed cases and 68 001 recoveries as of July 19. An additional 29 deaths were recorded since the last update, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the province …

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