Two men were arrested during demonstrations against the Covid-19 vaccine at the weekend. According to South African Police Services (SAPS) Spokesperson, Captain FC Van Wyk the pair were arrested in Sea Point for contravening the Disaster Management Act after they failed to don their face masks. The duo were released[…]
Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations, and the upshot of vaccine hesitancy in some western nations.[…]
US fatalities from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation’s capital Washington. The grim threshold comes with an average of well over 1,000 dying each day, in a country where 55.7% of the population is[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South Africa will move to adjusted level 1 restrictions from adjusted level 2 from Friday. If you have still not registered for the vaccine and are confused about the registration process, we have compiled a brief guide. Who can register for vaccination? As of 20[…]
South Africa has administered more than 13,430,000 vaccines across the country as government continues to ramp up its rollout. According to the Health Department 59,888 people received their jabs on Saturday. About 16% of the country’s adult population has been fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, the number of overall COVID-19 cases per[…]
Australia, largely unvaccinated due to scarce supply of Pfizer shots and public unease about the AstraZeneca vaccine, is battling the worst wave of the novel coronavirus so far. Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria reported 190 new locally acquired coronavirus cases, health officials said on Saturday, as the state struggles to[…]
South Africa has recorded 9,199 new COVID-19 infections reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total case load in the country to over 2.8 million. READ: SA records 9,203 COVID-19 infections and death toll rises to 82,914 247 people have died from COVID-19 related complications is the in the[…]
LOCAL A need to safeguard its workforce is behind Discovery’s intention to implement a mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy for its employees, says CEO Adrian Gore. The policy will become effective from January 1, 2022. “Discovery intends to implement a mandatory vaccination policy effective 1 January 2022, given the clear moral[…]
Rooibos could be just the cup of tea to get people through the Covid-19 pandemic. Biotechnologists at Cape Peninsula University of Technology say many of the SA red tea’s health-promoting qualities could “play a supportive role” during infections and among high-risk people. Writing in the Journal of Functional Foods, postdoctoral[…]
LOCAL Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla says coronavirus infections in the country have increased by 18.2% in the last seven days. In the past 24 hours, around 13 000 new infections were recorded. This comes as the third wave curve is beginning to show a downward trend. Phaahla told the[…]
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