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[ad_1] Cavin Johnson will replace Pitso Mosimane as Al Ahly’s head coach tonight when he hosts Ghazl Al Mahallah in an Egyptian Premier League clash. This occurs just days after Pitso Mosimane tested positive for COVID-19. Al Ahly confirmed that the former Mamelodi Sundowns mentor along with his wife tested …

[ad_1] By Mayibongwe Maqhina 2h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Cape Town – The official opposition said on Friday it would ask the ethics committee to investigate Finance Minister Tito Mboweni for allegedly misleading Parliament about paying the country to subscribe to the global Covax program. This comes after reports …

[ad_1] Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, along with health experts and scientists, presented new findings on Friday showing that the variant was spreading more rapidly and was responsible for the second wave. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize addressed a virtual meeting on August 4, 2020. Image: @ DrZweliMkhize / Twitter JOHANNESBURG – …

[ad_1] Scientists said that all nine provinces have now been hit by the second wave here at home. Emergency paramedics wearing full COVID-19 coronavirus personal protective equipment (PPE) transfer an empty stretcher to an ambulance at Greenacres Hospital in Port Elizabeth on July 10, 2020. Image: AFP JOHANNESBURG – South …

[ad_1] Registration for Johnson & Johnson’s ENSEMBLE Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial is now complete, the company announced this week. Approximately 45,000 volunteers are participating in the trial, and results are expected in February 2021. J&J also became the first of the vaccine developers to apply for Covid vaccine registration …

[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG – A severe variant of the coronavirus detected in South Africa could explain the rapid spread of a second wave affecting the very young, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. Known as the 501.V2 variant, it was identified by South African researchers and details have been sent to the …

[ad_1] By IOL Reporter, Reuters 7h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Johannesburg / Cape Town – Over the past 24 hours, South Africa recorded 8,725 new Covid-19 cases and another 274 deaths, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday. The country, which is now firmly on a second wave of …

[ad_1] Dr. Zweli Mkhize Photo: DAILY SUN SA has experienced an exponential increase in coronavirus cases, surpassing the 10,000 new daily infections mark. 10,008 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The positivity rate is now 21%. “This far exceeds the ideal positivity rate of 10%,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said …

[ad_1] Zweli Mkhize has clarified the government’s delay in meeting a payment deadline for the Covax vaccine program. He says the problem was due to administrative issues. The district attorney, meanwhile, had threatened to pressure the government to make the Covid-19 vaccine plans public. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize finally cleared …

[ad_1] The party said on Friday that securing a vaccine for South Africa should be the government’s number one priority. FILE: Professor Martin Veller (left), Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand (University of Wits), receives an experimental vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus at …