Mass arrests in recent days have reignited talks of large protests returning in Hong Kong, as police targeted prominent pro-democracy figures involved in last year’s protest movement. Over the weekend, demonstrators defied government-mandated distancing measures, protesting inside a mall in what is likely to become a trend in the lead-up[…]
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office says South Africa has created a “toxic lockdown culture” through heavy-handed and aggressive implementation by law enforcement. On Monday, Georgette Gagnon, director of field operations and technical cooperation for the UN Human Rights Office, highlighted a “highly militarised” law enforcement response to Covid-19[…]
A high percentage of HIV-positive South Africans are missing their clinic appointments to collect their medication and testing for HIV has also dropped drastically due to fears of contracting Covid-19, non-profit and non-governmental health organisation Right to Care said on Tuesday. South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic worldwide and[…]
The City of Cape Town’s community screening and testing initiative for Covid-19 has surpassed the 70,000 mark in its fourth week, the council said on Tuesday. The screening areas are determined based on where positive cases have been identified or where a higher risk of infection exists. “The caseload in[…]
South African hospitals are currently not overwhelmed by the Covid-19 pandemic, acting director-general of the Department of Health, Anban Pillay, said on Monday. Pillay and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize addressed the Portfolio Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services in a virtual meeting early on[…]
As of Sunday, the total number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in South Africa stood at 4546 – an increase of 185 over the previous day’s figure, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said. The total number of tests conducted to date was 168,643, of which 7639 were done in the[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday welcomed Cuban health professionals who arrived in Pretoria to support ongoing efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) across South Africa. The 217 Cuban health specialists and workers landed in South Africa on Monday, as the country commemorated Freedom Day. “Their arrival[…]
Tafelsig, a community in the heart of Mitchells Plain, one of the largest townships on the Cape Flats has been exhausted by the lockdown imposed on the country in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Mitchells Plain in its entirety has an estimated population of over 300,[…]
By Aneeqa Du Plessis Despair, desperation and hunger appears to be on the rise as the country enters its fourth week of the COVID-19 national lockdown. The looting of shops, liquor stores and now trucks – what is alleged to be acts of criminality – have become frequent. Two trucks[…]
Italy will this week announce plans for the gradual reopening from a lockdown imposed to fight the coronavirus emergency that will be applied starting from May 4, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday. The lockdown, closing most Italian businesses and preventing people from leaving their homes for all but[…]
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