Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has expressed concern over the increase in local transmission of the coronavirus. The number of cases in South Africa has increased by 27 to 1 380 – with Gauteng still registering the most cases at 645.Mkhize was speaking in Sandringham, Johannesburg, while inspecting mobile coronavirus testing units.
Ramjee had recently returned home from a trip to London and was admitted with pneumonia to a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. Her research, which focused on ways to prevent HIV transmissions in women in South Africa, earned her recognition around the world.The Aurum Institute shared the news of Ramjee’s death in a Twitter post on Tuesday night.
As the Director of the HIV Prevention Research Unit, Professor Ramjee increased the unit’s scientific staff from 22 to 350, helping it gain an international reputation. The Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa – Professor Salim Abdool Karim – described Ramjee as a scholar of note who made a huge contribution to HIV research.
Mabuza’s spokesperson, Matshepo Seedat says, “In her, we have indeed lost a champion in the fight against the HIV epidemic, ironically at the hands of this global pandemic. In her honour, we should heed the call to flatten the curve by strengthening our responses to this global pandemic as well as continue the fight to achieve zero new HIV infections. We would like to convey our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Professor Ramjee as well as to the medical research community.
The spokesperson of the Aurum Institute, Khanyi Ndaki, says they are deeply saddened by the passing of its Chief Scientific Officer for HIV Prevention.
Then if he is worried about local transmission.. Quarantine Fikile Mbalula Stat before its too late.
As MbuyiseniNdlozi said,why dnt we just focus on the epicentre of this disease in our country n tackle that environment first bcuz thats where the problem arise then we can therefore go to other areas....
If these figures are correct it appears as a decrease in the infection rate. But it is still early to make assumptions.
These stats seem inacurate. Are all tests really up to date? Saw a post yesterday that someones blood was unprocessed because it was lying there for too long.
Who is next to Dr Mkhize.
The venue for the press briefing is big with enough sitting capacity to practice safe distance, but some journalists are sitting close to each other with no masks. Let’s see journalists practicing what they are preaching, it will show those in doubt the seriousness of the matter.
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