Health

[ad_1] Four minutes and 28 seconds. That’s the time it took for a News24 reporter to find cigarettes, which were banned under the Level 4 blocking regulations, that were available for purchase at one of many places in South Africa. With the Level 4 blockade in place and the sale …

[ad_1] The number of people traveling from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape during the interprovincial grace period that tested positive for Covid-19 increased from 137 to 137. Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba announced the 57 new cases on Sunday morning. She said the travelers had entered the …

[ad_1] There are difficult days ahead when we will see death, disease and panic. But if a critics’ bona fide questioning pattern takes root, it will be bad news for national unity in the response to Covid-19. Ultimately, it will leave the government with a choice: a continuous blockade forced …

[ad_1] Hairdressers are among the many service providers who lose their income during the coronavirus blockade that has been in place since March 26. To add insult to injury, many of them are small business owners or freelancers, which means they don’t qualify for unemployment insurance benefits. Despite the loosening …

[ad_1] Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Thoko Didiza. announced on Saturday that an outbreak of African swine fever was detected in Eastern Cape Province for the first time. The minister said the outbreak was detected after the the department’s veterinary services carried out post-mortem investigations of livestock in Amathole …

[ad_1] government is avoiding releasing some projection and modeling data from Covid-19 to avoid panic in communities and possible stigma, saying the projections were fluid and not “evangelical truth,” according to a Sunday report. According to the Sunday Times, experts believed that limiting the flow of scientific data on the …

[ad_1] Government is shying away from releasing some Covid-19 modeling and projections data to avoid panic in communities and possible stigma, saying the projections were fluid and not “Gospel truth”, according to a Sunday report. According to the Sunday Times, experts believed that limiting the flow of scientific data on …

[ad_1] By Loni Prinsloo and Antony Sguazzin 1h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare JOHANNESBURG – South Africa needs to end a blockade in a matter of weeks or Africa’s most industrialized economy could suffer up to four million jobs and contract by 16% this year, the nation’s leading business group …

[ad_1] Last week, the United Nations called on authorities and all political parties to work together to avoid being distracted from the fight against the virus, which so far has infected 291 people and killed 17. FILE: President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio. Image: AFP. FREETOWN – Sierra Leonean …

[ad_1] Tanzania received its first shipment of an herbal mixture on Friday that the Madagascar government says cures COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Several African nations have expressed interest in the alleged remedy, which is known as Covid-Organics. “Tanzania today received support from Madagascar’s coronavirus medicine,” government spokesman …