The City of Cape Town says additional funding has been aside to help feed vulnerable communities, affected by the covid-19 pandemic. Since April last year, a total of R39-million has been provided towards critical food aid relief. May-Co Member for Urban Management, Grant Twigg says millions of Rand were recently approved to be used, to provide food relief to the less fortunate.

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South Africa recorded a further 38 Covid-19 fatalities, over the past 24-hour monitoring period, with the country’s death toll increasing to 54 186. The Western Cape reported the highest death toll in the country yesterday, with 17 Western Cape residents dying from the virus. In the Eastern Cape 5 deaths were reported, in the Free State 5, Gauteng 3, Kwa-Zulu Natal one, in Limpopo 5 and the Northern Cape 2.
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The United States says it will share up to 60-million doses of its Astra-Zeneca vaccine with other countries. The White House says the doses will be able to be exported in the coming months. Critics have accused the US government of hoarding the vaccine, while other countries are in desperate need. Last month President Joe Biden pledged to share about 4-million doses of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine with Mexico and Canada.

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