COVID-19 Info

COVID-19 / CORONAVIRUS INFO

What is Coronavirus (COVID-19)?

A respiratory illness similar to flu (cough, fever, fatigue and aching body/muscles). More commonly than flu, it can become severe causing viral pneumonia (difficulty breathing).

4 out of 5 people will have a mild illness and recover without treatment. The elderly and those with underlying health conditions have increased risk of severe illness. Cases in children are rare.

How does it spread?

You can pick up Coronavirus from:

Touching an infected surface or object. The virus can enter your body when you touch your nose, mouth and eyes.

Very close contact (1-2 metres) with a sick patient.

COVID-19 and HRT

COVID-19 continues to claim lives all over the world. South Africa has seen 756 757 successful vaccinations in the country. Find out more about COVID-19 and HRT to make informed decisions based on your medical history and comorbidities.

What are vaccines?

Vaccines help your immune system fight infections faster and more effectively. They are made of small amounts of weak or dead germs.

When you get a vaccine, it sparks your natural immune response, helping your body fight off and remember the germ so it can attack it if the germ invades again.

Vaccines provide long-lasting immunity to serious diseases without the risk of serious illness.

COVID-19 Impact Report – Regional Response - Read HERE
13 September 2021 - Healthcare is your right - Read HERE
11 June 2020 - Transgender Rights Activists Champion Telemedicine - Read HERE
10 June 2020 - People living with HIV, TB at two to three-fold higher risk of COVID-19 death – Read HERE
COVID-19 and HIV - Read HERE
30 April 2020 - Independent Report submitted to the South African Human Rights Commission concerning the City of Cape Town’s COVID-19 Shelter For Street-based People — Strandfontein, Cape Town – Read HERE
29 April 2020 - Department of Cooperative Governance - Risk Adjusted Strategy Regulations – Read HERE
17 April 2020 - The Transgender / Gender Non-conforming COVID-19 Information Kit - Read HERE
03 April 2020 - Gender-based violence and Femicide at the time of COVID-19 - Read HERE
30 March 2020 - GDX Proposes Lockdown to All African Countries in response to reducing the Spread of Coronavirus - Read HERE
25 March 2020 - COVID-19 and its impact on Trans Youth in our Education System - Read HERE
23 March 2020 - Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Escalation of Measures to Combat Covid-19 Epidemic (National Lockdown) - Read HERE
23 March 2020 - Consumer and Customer Protection Gazette - Read HERE
23 March 2020 - Latest Confirmed Cases: Minister of Health - Read HERE
Putting the Public Back into Public Health: How Working Together to Prevent Covid-19 Can Help Us To Rethink Other Health Challenges: By Anil Padavatan, Health Advocacy Officer, Gender Dynamix - Read HERE
COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions - Read HERE
What do you do when you have come into contact with someone that was diagnosed with the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) - Read HERE
Workplace Preparedness for COVID-19: Department of Employment and Labour - Read HERE
Travel Advisory in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Department of International Relations and Cooperation - Read HERE
Final Confirmed COVID-19 Cases: Ministry of Health - Read HERE
Biometrics Systems Disabled: Western Cape Government - Read HERE
Online Shopping - you can shop from home in certain areas. The service has an app that can be downloaded to your phone
Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country and Territory: COVID-19 is affecting 176 countries and territories around the world, for updated stats please Click HERE
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS DURING THE COVID-19 THREAT - Read HERE
COVID-19 Update from National Institute of Communicable Diseases: 20 March 2020 – Read HERE