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We’ve all left the house without a mask before, followed by the hurried shuffle back inside to grab one. This is certainly a rather unusual approach.
After some unforeseen problems with the first round of vaccines to reach South Africa, the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine begins.
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Our daily new infection numbers have dropped considerably since the surge in December and January, but the battle is far from over.
There’s a reason that we refer to the rates of COVID-19 as ‘reported infections’. Not everyone who has contracted the disease is tested or recorded.
Since air travel resumed in South Africa, the question on many minds has been whether flying in the time of COVID-19 is safe.
The use of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 is clearly a divisive issue, and the ‘Carte Blanche’ segment this past Sunday drew the ire of many viewers.
Here we are, nearing a year of living under the shadow of a global pandemic, and some people still want to go to war over wearing a mask.
We’ve reached that point, over a year after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, where we’re starting to get a better idea of the after-effects of the virus.
At this point, we’re all suffering from extreme COVID-19 fatigue. For those on the frontline, there really is no escape.
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board has fined club management after an investigation into a video of patrons at Buccaneers, partying mask-free in a packed venue.
Following his arrest on Saturday, Craig Peiser appeared in court yesterday. At one stage, he is reported to have flung his mask at the magistrate whilst using abusive language.
The AstraZeneca vaccine, expected to last until the middle of the year, will expire by April, and to add to the bad news, it might not be that effective against the 501Y.V2 variant.
One man was arrested, mask-wearing was shunned, and a familiar face popped up talking about the cabal and President Ramaphosa.
The COVID-19 variant 501Y.V2, to give it its proper name, is now best known around the world as ‘the South African variant’. That really upsets Prof Salim Abdool Karim.
A number of airlines have extended their bans on travel to and from South Africa, although there are still a few options.
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The first batch of vaccines has arrived, but it’s going to take at least two weeks for them to be checked and verified. In the meantime, the government has launched its Electronic Vaccination Data System.
For those considering the use of Ivermectin, there are a number of factors to take into consideration.
The COVID-19 variant, 501.V2, first identified in South Africa and carrying a mutation called E484K or the “escape mutation”, has arrived in the US.
Our healthcare professionals deserve our praise and immense gratitude, but there’s also a danger to that hero label.
The use of Ivermectin, an animal anti-parasitic medicine currently used by veterinarians in South Africa, has been the topic of much discussion these past few months.
Every year the clock is unveiled, giving us an idea of how close we are to disaster. The countdown has begun.
British residents returning home from South Africa will have to fork out for a 10-day hotel quarantine, which doesn’t come cheap.
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Many South Africans have explicitly stated that they would not take a COVID-19 vaccine, but how does this impact the workplace?
South Africa now has a total of 41 117 confirmed deaths, although all evidence points to that number being vastly underreported.
Medical practitioners and the creators of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine weighed in on how long they think we’ll be battling COVID-19.
As with any vaccine, there will always be those who say that they won’t be taking it, but the consequences of that decision could be dire.