South Africa’s COVID-19 cases have risen to 1 686 041, with 5 668 new cases reported on Friday. 67 more COVID-19 related deaths have also been reported, taking the total to 56 832. Gauteng has the most cases with 468 654, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 340 629. Stats from Department[…]
Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, and Tourism Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi -Ngubane, will officially welcome the United Airlines’ inaugural flight between New York and Johannesburg on Friday. United Airlines is one of the United States’ dominant domestic and international carriers. The direct flight from Johannesburg to New York will be the first[…]
National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) Executive Director, Professor Adrian Puren, says they are concerned about the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in South Africa. Puren says the number of people with COVID-19 could be higher than the reported figures as many people are not testing. Speaking on Morning Live[…]
Africa is watching aghast as India struggles with coronavirus, fearing a long-running shortfall in the Indian-made vaccines that it needs to help protect its people. Often dubbed the “pharmacy of the world”, India is one of the biggest suppliers of the AstraZeneca vaccine under the COVAX programme to help immunisation[…]
Dozens of bodies of people believed to have died from COVID-19 have washed up on the banks of the Ganges river in northern India, officials said on Monday. District official Ashok Kumar said that about 40 corpses washed up in Buxar district near the border between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh,[…]
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says President Cyril Ramaphosa has not yet indicated his intention to tighten the coronavirus lockdown regulations. This as concerns mount that the country could experience a substantial third wave of the virus earlier than was initially anticipated. The first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that[…]
The EFF has joined calls for the government to implement a travel ban on India amid concerns over the new Covid-19 variant circulating in that country and other parts of the world. Over the last few days, there have been growing concerns over the new Covid-19 variant, B.1.617, which was[…]
Social Security systems expert Professor Alex van den Heever has called on the public to continue to strictly adhere to COVID-19 health protocols to help prevent the possible spread of new virus variants. This comes as the National Ports Authority confirms that 14 Filipino crew members onboard a ship in[…]
India’s hospitals have been packed with coronavirus patients, as relatives of the sick scrambled to find supplies of oxygen and nearly full crematoriums worked feverishly to deal with the dead. Yet despite those clear signs of an overwhelming health crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressed ahead with a densely packed[…]
A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients as the country grappling with the world’s worst outbreak stepped up a vaccination drive for all adults even though some states say they do not have enough jabs. India on Saturday set yet another daily global record[…]
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