Health

WHO tempers hopes for a rapid vaccine

[ad_1] Covid-19 detection and testing program. Sharon Seretlo, Gallo Images The World Health Organization said on Friday it did not expect widespread immunization against the new coronavirus until mid-2021, dampening hopes just as research revealed encouraging early results from a Russian vaccine. The virus that has killed nearly 870,000 people …

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Russia’s vaccine ‘passes preliminary test’

[ad_1] Russia announced last month that its vaccine, named “Sputnik V” in honor of the Soviet-era satellite that was the first to be launched into space in 1957, had already received approval. LONDON – Patients taking part in the first trials of a Russian coronavirus vaccine developed antibodies without “serious …

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10 payment anomalies discovered in the FIU’s audit report

[ad_1] A report by the Auditor General (AG) on fraud and financial mismanagement associated with the Covid-19 TERS benefit scheme of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), has uncovered poor financial management and verification controls, which has generated millions in payments to the deceased, and people in prison. AG Kimi Makwetu …

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Joburg residents fined R1m for illegally felling trees

[ad_1] By Anna Cox 4h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Johannesburg – Joburg residents have been fined more than R1million in recent months for illegally felling trees. City Parks and Zoo has warned that no resident or business will be spared if caught pruning or cutting trees. Margaret Arnolds of …

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