The need for medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries has more than doubled in the past two months, and many of these countries faced oxygen…
If successful, it will then have to be manufactured and distributed
The astronomical centre will oversee the production of cheaper and less invasive devices than ventilators to treat Covid-19 patients
Governments need to provide the modelling and data informing the strategy to control the spread of the novel coronavirus
A special steering committee seeks to fill urgent gaps in the system in order to fight the coronavirus
About 20 people in South Africa die each day from the coronavirus, and this number may peak at 300, while positive cases may reach 8 000 a day, according to some projections
Will it be assumed that those with disabilities do not deserve life-saving care?
These institutions are a crucial part of the research and development process that underpins South Africa’s life-and-death fight against the Covid-19 outbreak
These restrictions must be overturned or ignored because they are limiting the production and importing of essential medical equipment such as ventilators
