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North West COVID-19 Update & Vaccine plan
24 Feb 2021
In this virtual meeting, the North West Provincial Department of Health (NWDoH) briefed the Committee on its health care services in relation to Covid-19 and its vaccine rollout plan. It reported that Covid-19 deaths in the province stood at 1 027, or 0.025% of the population, compared to the national average ...
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Section 59 Inquiry Interim Report: GEMS & CMS briefing, with DPSA Deputy Minister
23 Feb 2021
Video: Joint Meeting: PC on PS and Admin and Portfolio Committee on Health, 23 February 2021
Section 59 Investigation Interim Report
The Portfolio Committees on Health, and Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation convened a joint online video conference to be briefed by delegates from the Council ...
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Committee Minutes
19 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health,
The Portfolio Committee on Health considered and adopted 26 sets of minutes dating back from 10 February 2021 to 10 April 2020.
Members commented on the time delay between the meeting and the follow up on the consideration of minutes. Where the minutes omitted to ...
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Mpumalanga Covid-19 Update and Vaccine plan
17 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health
The Committee received a briefing from the Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Health on the health care services in the province, with a specific focus on the way in which they were handling the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccine roll-out strategy.
In a virtual meeting, the ...
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Latest developments on COVID-19 vaccines, with Ministry; Northern Cape Covid-19 update & vaccine plan
10 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, 10 February 2021 Part 2 Part 3
Minister Zweli Mkhize on the outcomes of the Coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine efficacy studies
In this virtual meeting, the Northern Cape Provincial Department of Health briefed the Committee on the Covid-19 situation in ...
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Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout: with Minister & Deputy Minister of Health
5 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health,5 February 2021
As previous Committee sessions had not afforded sufficient opportunity for discussion, it was decided that the session would be centered primary around discussion and less on set presentations.
Members raised questions about the late procurement of vaccines, their cost, factors used in selecting ...
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SAHPRA on Ivermectin; Gauteng Health Department vaccine plan
3 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, 3 February 2021
On 27 January 2021, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) approved the use of Ivermectin for humans under a controlled compassionate use programme. SAHPRA briefed the Committee on this and on the status of various Covid-19 vaccines.
Members questioned the ...
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Covid-19 Update and Vaccine plan: KZN & Limpopo
14 Jan 2021
Video: PC Health
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health briefed the Committee on the response of healthcare services to the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges faced. The province recorded an average of 5062 cases per day over the past seven days. Ethekwini Municipality recorded the highest number of daily new cases. ...
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Covid-19 Update and Vaccine Plan: Eastern & Western Cape
13 Jan 2021
Video: PC Health
The Portfolio Committee on Health met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Health MECs and Heads of Departments of Health in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape on the progress that the provinces were making in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic and in ...
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Minister on Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout strategy & status of healthcare services in provinces
7 Jan 2021
Video: Minister on Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout strategy & status of healthcare services in provinces
The Portfolio Committee on Health convened an online video conference to be briefed by the Minister and Department of Health about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout strategy as well as other healthcare issues related to the ...