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[ad_1] By IOL Reporter 4h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Durban – The Solidarity Fund has committed to making an initial payment of more than R320 million to ensure Covid-19 vaccines for 10% of the country’s population. According to a statement from the Ministry of National Health, the Fund will …

[ad_1] DA MP Phumzile van Damme is refusing to take a three-month sabbatical for health reasons after party leader John Steenhuisen told him to do so. Van Damme says he suffers from a functional neurological disorder, has debilitating symptoms, and is incurable. Van Damme supported Mbali Ntuli as the leader …

[ad_1] DA Phumzile Van Damme MP is up in arms on Twitter against her own party, after she was allegedly granted a sabbatical without requesting it. Van Damme took to Twitter on Friday afternoon and revealed that the party’s leader, John Steenhuisen, had given her a year off without her …

[ad_1] The Herald Tendai Rupapa in BINDURA The negative impact of gender-based violence (GBV) continues to overshadow efforts made to promote gender equality and the country’s economic development, First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa in Bindura said yesterday when commissioning the Bindura Single Center for survivors of violence from gender in Provincial …

[ad_1] A healthcare worker injects a patient with the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine in a phase 3 trial in Turkey, October 2020. Getty image via Dogukan Keskinkilic / Anadolu Agency South Africa expects to receive its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from the global vaccine distribution scheme, Covax, in the …

[ad_1] By AFP 4h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Tunis, Tunisia – Hundreds of doctors protested in Tunisia on Friday after a young doctor was killed in an elevator accident at a hospital in the northwest of the country. Badreddedine Aloui, 27, died Thursday in an elevator shaft after the …

[ad_1] South Africa should prepare for a second wave of Covid-19 without a vaccine, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize warned. This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the Solidarity Fund would contribute more than R300 million to participate in a vaccine access initiative. However, it could be months before South …

[ad_1] The province has seen a 42% weekly increase in new infections and there are now more than 10,000 active cases in the province. FILE: Image: 123rf.com. CAPE TOWN – More healthcare workers are contracting COVID-19 in the Western Cape and officials say more than 250 have been infected in …

[ad_1] (Fake images) South Africa will have a Covid-19 vaccine in mid-2021, and the government will carefully evaluate the key criteria for successful local application. Cost, ease of administration and storage, and number of doses remain important questions that still need to be answered. Despite payment problems, Professor Karim says …

[ad_1] The acting mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay subway says residents should work with law enforcement to avoid surveillance. The mayor says tougher regulations, especially curfew, is necessary because taverns are becoming a problem. He has welcomed the tightening of lockdown restrictions, saying they will help flatten the rise …