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The first baby born on New Year’s Day was a little boy at Mowbray Maternity Hospital at midnight to mother Geneva Claasen. From left: MEC for Health and Wellness, Mireille Wenger, sister Lydia Dreyer and mother Geneva at the hospital.
BABIES

Final figures: 132 babies born across the Western Cape on New Year’s Day

New Year’s Day was filled with joy across the Western Cape as 132 babies were safely delivered in public health facilities, giving families a hopeful and heart-warming start to…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Eleven laboratory-confirmed measles cases have been recorded in the Western Cape since the beginning of the year, said the provincial Department of Health and Wellness.
HEALTH AND WELFARE

Health Department confirms measles cases under control in Western Cape

Eleven laboratory-confirmed measles cases have been recorded in the Western Cape since the beginning of the year, said the provincial Department of Health and Wellness.

  • Sibulele Kasa
2 min read