{"id":162254,"date":"2020-05-24T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/coronavirus-morning-update-cape-towns-hotspots-grim-projections-and-how-the-virus-exploits-smokers\/"},"modified":"2020-05-24T02:01:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T00:01:00","slug":"coronavirus-morning-update-cape-towns-hotspots-grim-projections-and-how-the-virus-exploits-smokers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-morning-update-cape-towns-hotspots-grim-projections-and-how-the-virus-exploits-smokers\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus morning update: Cape Town\u2019s \u2018hotspots\u2019, grim projections, and how the virus exploits smokers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cape Town in the news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=14A3F0D5730C4149B391167B51DC1E3Curl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.health24.com%2fMedical%2fInfectious-diseases%2fCoronavirus%2fcoronavirus-morning-update-cape-towns-hotspots-grim-projections-and-how-the-virus-exploits-smokers-20200522-3c=4645508620930255637mkt=en-gb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus morning update: Cape Town\u2019s \u2018hotspots\u2019, grim projections, and how the virus exploits smokers<\/a>:<\/strong> Five areas within the Cape Town metro have been identified as \u201chotspots\u201d; projections show that 12 to 13 million infections could have cumulatively occurred in SA by November \u2013 of which only roughly 3 \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=14A3F0D5730C4149B391167B51DC1E3Curl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.health24.com%2fMedical%2fInfectious-diseases%2fCoronavirus%2fcoronavirus-morning-update-cape-towns-hotspots-grim-projections-and-how-the-virus-exploits-smokers-20200522-3c=4645508620930255637mkt=en-gb\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=14A3F0D5730C4149B391167B51DC1E3Curl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.itweb.co.za%2fcontent%2fKA3Ww7dDoRp7rydZc=11349780326524321087mkt=en-gb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shoprite Data Science Academy invites bursary applications for 2021<\/a>:<\/strong> Established in January 2019, the Cape Town-based academy offers a one-year programme in which apprentices have the opportunity to extract knowledge and insights from complex data sets involving sales, \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=14A3F0D5730C4149B391167B51DC1E3Curl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.itweb.co.za%2fcontent%2fKA3Ww7dDoRp7rydZc=11349780326524321087mkt=en-gb\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=14A3F0D5730C4149B391167B51DC1E3Curl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.iol.co.za%2fnews%2fsouth-africa%2fwestern-cape%2fwatch-cape-town-school-has-its-sanitising-stations-and-temperature-checkpoints-ready-for-june-1-48415003c=9592281268569497990mkt=en-gb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH: Cape Town school has its sanitising stations and temperature checkpoints ready for June 1<\/a>:<\/strong> Tracey Magson, a senior teacher at The Settlers High School, explains what steps the school has taken to try and safeguard teachers as well as Grade 12 pupils when they return to school.: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=14A3F0D5730C4149B391167B51DC1E3Curl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.iol.co.za%2fnews%2fsouth-africa%2fwestern-cape%2fwatch-cape-town-school-has-its-sanitising-stations-and-temperature-checkpoints-ready-for-june-1-48415003c=9592281268569497990mkt=en-gb\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=14A3F0D5730C4149B391167B51DC1E3Curl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fin24.com%2fCompanies%2fIndustrial%2fus-airline-delta-eyes-cape-town-route-20200522c=7857961561459095217mkt=en-gb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US airline Delta eyes Cape Town route<\/a>:<\/strong> Delta, one of the major US airlines, has applied to fly to Cape Town as part of its existing direct flight to Johannesburg.: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=14A3F0D5730C4149B391167B51DC1E3Curl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.fin24.com%2fCompanies%2fIndustrial%2fus-airline-delta-eyes-cape-town-route-20200522c=7857961561459095217mkt=en-gb\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to submit your Cape Town News<\/a> \u2013 free.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Have you tried:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reachtrust.co.za\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reach Trust for Solar and Building Management<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Fun Western Cape Fact:<\/strong> Legend has it that in the 1930\u2019s a local Cape Town newspaper claimed that Cape Town was the only city in South Africa that could justly call itself a metropolis. The public took to this description and because the word metropolis is taken from the Greek derivative of meter or metros meaning mother and polis meaning city, the nickname of \u201cMother City\u201d was born. Although some people joke everything in Cape Town goes at a slower pace compared to Johannesburg \u2013 everything takes nine months.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Watch a Video:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town in the news: Coronavirus morning update: Cape Town\u2019s \u2018hotspots\u2019, grim projections, and how the virus exploits smokers: Five areas within the Cape Town metro have been identified as \u201chotspots\u201d; projections show that 12 to 13 million infections could have cumulatively occurred in SA by November \u2013 of which only roughly 3 \u2026: \u201cCape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3331],"tags":[25,1737,77,3333],"class_list":{"0":"post-162254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cape-town","7":"tag-cape-town-2","8":"tag-government","9":"tag-municipality","10":"tag-mycapetown-co-za","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}