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The South African Police say any person entering a police station without a mask will be refused entry.

A former bookkeeper who stole nearly R2 million from the Aurora Special Care Centre in Port Elizabeth was sentenced in the Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday.

Convicted child rapist, Amor Van Greunen was sentenced to two life terms by the Port Elizabeth Regional Court on Tuesday.

Dr David Stead, Infectious Diseases specialist responsible for Covid-19 wards at Cecilia Makiwane and Frere Hospitals in East London, says the historic problem of an underdeveloped, under-served and less robust health system in Eastern Cape has worsened the burden on healthcare professionals.

One of Nelson Mandela Bay’s townships severely impacted by the novel Covid-19 virus pandemic, Kwazakhele, will be the first stop when the Metro launches its massive deep cleaning and sanitising project on Wednesday.

Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba is on a week-long visit to hospitals in Nelson Mandela Bay.

An off-duty Port Elizabeth policeman was killed and his older brother wounded in a shooting in Kwazakhele on Tuesday morning.

Eastern Cape Premier, Lubabalo Mabuyane, said the Covid19 pandemic has presented them with an opportunity to fundamentally transform the Provincial Health Department.

A body of a man believed to be in his thirties has been found floating in the Swartkops River in Despatch.