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Meet the South African who helped build a low-cost ventilator in just one month – Port Elizabeth in the News

3 May 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Meet the South African who helped build a low-cost ventilator in just one month: The South African is one of the key players behind a bridge ventilator, designed in the US in just one month, that has been approved by that country’s Food & Drug Administration. The average time to …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Six Chinese fishing trawlers fined after illegally entering SA waters: Once the fines had been paid, the six trawlers were released and monitored as they transited South African waters.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Volkswagen hands over 150 beds as the fight against Covid-19 intensifies: Volkswagen SA remains committed to supporting the local government in their efforts to contain Covid-19 and save lives.’ …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Mothers | Margot Muir: Mother Earth: Mother Earth.  We will lose something deep within ourselves if we allow wilderness to disappear. Wilderness is the core of the natural world and as Roszak (1992:14) points out it is a place where …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

NSRI rescues unconscious sailor off Cape Town coast: The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has evacuated a sailor from a fishing trawler after he collapsed and required urgent medical assistance. A call was made in the early hours of Friday morning, …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

‘Prisoners at sea’: stuck on board cargo ships, crews find their mental well-being under threat: They man the merchant ships that keep global trade flowing, but coronavirus restrictions mean thousands of seafarers are unable to return home. After months at sea, stress, fatigue and time away from …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

VWSA donates beds to COVID-19 facility in NMB: Volkswagen Group South Africa has donated 150 beds to the isolation facility at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the Metro.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.


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