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COVID-19: 65-year-old driver tells of his time in Cape Town’s Hospital of Hope

Posted in: Latest, Provinces, Western Cape

On July 22 Richard Abrahams, his wife, and three children celebrated his 65th birthday with orange cake and well-wishes. Less than a month before, Abrahams was struggling to breathe due to COVID-19 and receiving oxygen at Cape Town’s Hospital of Hope. He shared his story with Biénne Huisman.

COVID-19: 65-year-old driver tells of his time in Cape Town’s Hospital of Hope

COVID-19: Western Cape and Gauteng prepare for the peak

Posted in: Gauteng, Latest, Provinces, Western Cape

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the COVID-19 pandemic the gravest crisis in the country’s democratic history. Now, with the Western Cape and Gauteng making up nearly 64 percent of the country’s total confirmed infections, Kathryn Cleary asked departments of health in both provinces how prepared they are for the coming peak.