EVDS - not on med aid , but we have not got anything back ? no ''number'' or reference - zilch.
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That does seem strange, unless the system is now overloaded.
We are in a quandary. I had my jab 1st of June, my wife did not get. We now get Covid 19 25th June.
Doc says wait 30 days after isolation before you get next jab for me and 1st jab for her.
She registers and gets sent an sms, go to Pola park in Thokosa. That's not going to happen and she is not out of the 30 day period yet
Phones around a few walk in centres, sorry you must wait 90 days after Covid
Me still waiting for sms for 2nd jab.
We are in a quandary. I had my jab 1st of June, my wife did not get. We now get Covid 19 25th June.
Doc says wait 30 days after isolation before you get next jab for me and 1st jab for her.
She registers and gets sent an sms, go to Pola park in Thokosa. That's not going to happen and she is not out of the 30 day period yet
Phones around a few walk in centres, sorry you must wait 90 days after Covid
Me still waiting for sms for 2nd jab.
There is no evidence that IV does anything as a prophylaxis, only that it reduces the severity in symptoms (in some patients). The prophylactic use is where the problems come in, where people pick up all the related health issues.
Go on the website and redo the registration process. You are supposed to received some sort of confirmation/acknowledgment SMS
Got this sms :
.....successfully reg'd ....HEVDS ...You will be contacted via sms regarding next steps.
You can go to Dischem or Clicks
12:45 Just in ...https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-af...covid-19-f08fe94c-c0e8-4cf9-af2d-48564534c16d
Joburg mayor Geoff Makhubo loses battle with Covid-19
By Botho Molosankwe
Johannesburg - Joburg Mayor Geoff Makhubo has died of Covid-19 related complications. He was 53.
Makhubo died on Friday after being hospitalised last week.
Joburg mayor Geoff Makhubo loses battle with Covid-19
By Botho Molosankwe
Johannesburg - Joburg Mayor Geoff Makhubo has died of Covid-19 related complications. He was 53.
Makhubo died on Friday after being hospitalised last week.
I never got a number from them either, but I took a screenshot of the site where it said that I had successfully been registered. I don't know how it works at DisChem, but when I went for my vaccine at a govt. site here in Yzer, it didn't matter. They asked if you were registered and if not they still accepted you, but registered you first.
Smells like a replay of last week's family meeting will be airing this Sunday too
Yes, the Lambda variant has landed and it sucks big time!
For those interested or get conflicting messages over the variants:
WHO variants of concern:
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
And the seven variants of interest:
Lambda
Epsilon
Zeta
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Alpha was actually really good at evading neutralizing antibodies but because of delta's higher infectious nature, it was over taken.
WHO variants of concern:
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
And the seven variants of interest:
Lambda
Epsilon
Zeta
Eta
Theta
Iota
Kappa
Alpha was actually really good at evading neutralizing antibodies but because of delta's higher infectious nature, it was over taken.
And now I had to go and Google the song...
And now I had to go and Google the song...
Lovely. Hope it gets stuck in your head too
I shouldn't have to endure this alone
Boost for Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Aspen and Eutelsat announced a partnership with the Department of Health to roll out high-speed satellite broadband to vaccination sites in rural Mpumalanga.
The announcement comes after acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced that South Africa’s vaccine programme would be expanded to include those who are 35 to 49 years old.
Kubayi-Ngubane also announced that the Department of Health secured funding to allow vaccination sites to operate over weekends.
The Aspen-Eutelsat partnership is intended to increase access to South Africa’s electronics vaccination data system (EVDS) in rural areas.
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/tren...ut-in-south-africa.html?utm_source=newsletter
Aspen and Eutelsat announced a partnership with the Department of Health to roll out high-speed satellite broadband to vaccination sites in rural Mpumalanga.
The announcement comes after acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced that South Africa’s vaccine programme would be expanded to include those who are 35 to 49 years old.
Kubayi-Ngubane also announced that the Department of Health secured funding to allow vaccination sites to operate over weekends.
The Aspen-Eutelsat partnership is intended to increase access to South Africa’s electronics vaccination data system (EVDS) in rural areas.
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/tren...ut-in-south-africa.html?utm_source=newsletter
thanks @Adephi , it’s so sad
I thought all the lockdowns during the first wave last year were to “flatten the curve” so the medical facilities could be ramped up?
well they either didn’t ramp them up enough over the last year or this 3rd wave just took the authorities by surprise
sad to see so many people suffering and passing away. I wonder if they could have been helped had we ramped up facilities more...
About the “family meeting” that will probably air tomorrow… my daughter is 6, in 2019 we attended a “Christmas in July” event at the botanical gardens in Pretoria that promised a snow machine and a snow patch. Well, the snow machine turned out to be a foam machine like the old school sokkies had, which led to many tears from a little girl. We phoned Jacaranda FM who was promoting the event at the time to warn them that the event is a scam. They surprised us the next day with a sponsored 4 day (ever bell and whistle imaginable) trip to Afriski. We missed the date, because Lily’s passport wasn’t ready in time, so Afriski graciously extended it to 2020. The date got shuffled around another 2 times in 2020 to try and work around the border closures, but no luck. We assumed that that would be that, but they mailed me again and said a little girl deserves to experience real snow… so it got extended to 22 July 2021.
Guess what tomorrow’s probable family meeting is going to do?
Guess what tomorrow’s probable family meeting is going to do?
https://virological.org/t/viral-inf...ak-caused-by-the-delta-sars-cov-2-variant/724
TLDR;
The viral loads in the Delta infections were ~1000 times higher than those in the earlier 19A/19B strain infections on the day when viruses were firstly detected
Detectable amounts took on average four days to be seen versus the six of the 19A/19B strain.
TLDR;
The viral loads in the Delta infections were ~1000 times higher than those in the earlier 19A/19B strain infections on the day when viruses were firstly detected
Detectable amounts took on average four days to be seen versus the six of the 19A/19B strain.
About the “family meeting” that will probably air tomorrow… my daughter is 6, in 2019 we attended a “Christmas in July” event at the botanical gardens in Pretoria that promised a snow machine and a snow patch. Well, the snow machine turned out to be a foam machine like the old school sokkies had, which led to many tears from a little girl. We phoned Jacaranda FM who was promoting the event at the time to warn them that the event is a scam. They surprised us the next day with a sponsored 4 day (ever bell and whistle imaginable) trip to Afriski. We missed the date, because Lily’s passport wasn’t ready in time, so Afriski graciously extended it to 2020. The date got shuffled around another 2 times in 2020 to try and work around the border closures, but no luck. We assumed that that would be that, but they mailed me again and said a little girl deserves to experience real snow… so it got extended to 22 July 2021.
Guess what tomorrow’s probable family meeting is going to do?
Oh what a shame @CJB85, but I'm sure they'll extend it again. Kudos to Jacaranda FM for what they're doing for you! Quite unbelievable!
SA to start weekend vaccinations in August – and aims to reach 300,000 people a day
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/s...t-to-vaccinate-on-weekends-from-august-2021-7
9 July 2021
"South Africa's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is being constrained by site closures over weekends. This is set to change on 1 August, with the department of health announcing that public vaccination sites will operate on Saturdays and Sundays, with the aim to reach 300,000 people a day...
It's estimated that 1.3 million more vaccine doses – a third of national the tally – could've been administered between May and June if sites were open and adequately staffed, according to the latest NIDS-CRAM survey. Weekend vaccinations could've placed South Africa at 86% of its monthly target. Instead, the rollout only achieved 60% by the end of June..."
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/s...t-to-vaccinate-on-weekends-from-august-2021-7
9 July 2021
"South Africa's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is being constrained by site closures over weekends. This is set to change on 1 August, with the department of health announcing that public vaccination sites will operate on Saturdays and Sundays, with the aim to reach 300,000 people a day...
It's estimated that 1.3 million more vaccine doses – a third of national the tally – could've been administered between May and June if sites were open and adequately staffed, according to the latest NIDS-CRAM survey. Weekend vaccinations could've placed South Africa at 86% of its monthly target. Instead, the rollout only achieved 60% by the end of June..."
Mayor’s death highlights Covid-19 third-wave crisis as doctors allay fears about infections among children
https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star...children-3693f50d-071b-4255-a09b-2ac84e618866
11 July 2021
"...as hospitals and other care facilities continue to strain under the increased case load, health-care professionals are warning that they are seeing more and more young children infected during this latest wave, and it appears to be driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.
On Monday, Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba reported an alarming increase in the number of Covid-19 infections among young children in the province.
Ramathuba said that the province has already had 23 children aged between zero to four years old who tested positive in the past week, while in the 5 to 9-year-old age group, the province has had 34 positive cases so far.
Gauteng has also recorded a number of positive cases among children during the third wave.
Latest figures from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) indicate that Gauteng has recorded 31 positive cases out of 3 305 conducted on those 19 and younger.
he Gauteng Department of Health said they are unaware whether the contagious nature of the Delta variant is responsible for the slight rise in cases among children.
“Test results do not indicate the causal agent so as to determine the impact of each variant, confirmation of the type of variant follows a different process and presently the department does not have such information,” said Kwara Kekana, spokesperson for the Gauteng Department of Health
Paediatrician and allergist Dr Claudia Gray believes the Delta variant could be the reason for the spike in cases among young children.
“The increase in children with Covid-19 during this third wave is a reflection of the rapid community spread of this particular variant — the Delta variant — of the Srs-CoV-2 virus, which is dominating the current third wave,” Gray told the Saturday Star.
“We are tending to see entire families infected with the virus, including children, rather than just 25 to 50% of household members as seen in the first wave.”
“Whether children have a particular predisposition to this variant is not yet known. However, testing availability is greater.”
Despite an increase in cases among children, Gray said there was no reason for parents to panic. “The admission and death rates in children are, proportionately, no higher than in previous waves and remain significantly lower than in adults.”
Professor Jeremy Nel, head of the division of infectious diseases at Wits University's Helen Joseph Hospital, also called for calm amid an increase in cases among children.
“Children are still protected under their age for the vast majority. Covid has still got a massive, what we call age determinacy in its mortality,” Nel told media recently..."
https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star...children-3693f50d-071b-4255-a09b-2ac84e618866
11 July 2021
"...as hospitals and other care facilities continue to strain under the increased case load, health-care professionals are warning that they are seeing more and more young children infected during this latest wave, and it appears to be driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.
On Monday, Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba reported an alarming increase in the number of Covid-19 infections among young children in the province.
Ramathuba said that the province has already had 23 children aged between zero to four years old who tested positive in the past week, while in the 5 to 9-year-old age group, the province has had 34 positive cases so far.
Gauteng has also recorded a number of positive cases among children during the third wave.
Latest figures from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) indicate that Gauteng has recorded 31 positive cases out of 3 305 conducted on those 19 and younger.
he Gauteng Department of Health said they are unaware whether the contagious nature of the Delta variant is responsible for the slight rise in cases among children.
“Test results do not indicate the causal agent so as to determine the impact of each variant, confirmation of the type of variant follows a different process and presently the department does not have such information,” said Kwara Kekana, spokesperson for the Gauteng Department of Health
Paediatrician and allergist Dr Claudia Gray believes the Delta variant could be the reason for the spike in cases among young children.
“The increase in children with Covid-19 during this third wave is a reflection of the rapid community spread of this particular variant — the Delta variant — of the Srs-CoV-2 virus, which is dominating the current third wave,” Gray told the Saturday Star.
“We are tending to see entire families infected with the virus, including children, rather than just 25 to 50% of household members as seen in the first wave.”
“Whether children have a particular predisposition to this variant is not yet known. However, testing availability is greater.”
Despite an increase in cases among children, Gray said there was no reason for parents to panic. “The admission and death rates in children are, proportionately, no higher than in previous waves and remain significantly lower than in adults.”
Professor Jeremy Nel, head of the division of infectious diseases at Wits University's Helen Joseph Hospital, also called for calm amid an increase in cases among children.
“Children are still protected under their age for the vast majority. Covid has still got a massive, what we call age determinacy in its mortality,” Nel told media recently..."
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