The trick to tackling Covid-19 at this stage is to be adaptive. The government’s one-size-fits-all approach is broken; we need to be more flexible. But we should not throw away…
After 20 months of caution, I let my guard down. Now I feel terrible
Some 22 positive cases of the B.1.1.529 variant have been confirmed in South Africa, as Covid-19 cases increase in Gauteng, the North West and Limpopo
When the UK’s red list is considered at a more granular level, the difficulties become immediately apparent.
Peter Hain has written a letter to the prime minister saying the red listing of South Africa has ‘no justification whatsoever in science’
Scientists agree it is important to get most of the population vaccinated before giving booster jabs
What happened on the continent this past week
Vulnerable older groups remain a priority for the health department, so no Covid-19 jabs for children for now
In a rebuttal to an opinion piece, Philip Machanick says while there is a distrust of Big Pharma and some medical bodies and research has been proven wrong, throwing out all of…
As more vaccines arrive in the country, South Africa could administer 420 000 doses a day
Covid deniers and anti-vaxxers seem to want more excess deaths and a shorter life span
The conflation of economic, governance and health crises in the form of the recent unrest shows up the need for party-neutral reforms
Any gains made at the beginning of the year could be undone as the protests and the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown threaten business confidence
The programme is slated begin on 19 July, the date on which most Covid-19 restrictions in the UK are set to be lifted
Any further extensions of Ters payments will impede the UIF’s ability to pay normal claims for unemployment and parental leave
More than 191 000 people were vaccinated on Thursday the daily target for next week is 250 00, says the health department
South Africa makes up 37% of the continent’s virus caseload, with more than two-million infections
Scientists are collecting information on the new Delta Plus Covid-19 mutation, a sublineage of the Delta variant that is causing infections to rise globally
The global brewer paid billions to gain a foothold in South Africa, but the deal wasn’t all it was cracked up to be
The level four lockdown may have been too late for Gauteng but other provinces will benefit from stricter measures
