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[ad_1] By IOL Reporter 3h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Johannesburg – Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced more than 9,000 new infections and 184 more deaths related to Covid-19 on Thursday night. This brings South Africa’s Covid-19 infections closer to the 900,000 mark, with 892,813 positives since March. The death …

[ad_1] Karim is one of the country’s leading scientists and chairs the ministerial advisory committee on COVID-19. Professor Salim Abdool Karim, specialist in infectious diseases. Image: @ UKZN / Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa congratulated epidemiologist professor Salim Abdool Karim on Thursday for receiving this year’s John Maddox Award …

[ad_1] Analysts noted the unusually sharp tone of the king’s message, whose power is ceremonial and who typically refrains from commenting on political issues, calling it a rebuke to Swedish strategy by some. STOCKHOLM – Sweden, which has controversially relied mostly on non-coercive measures, struggled to contain an unexpectedly strong …

[ad_1] National cricket in South Africa was suspended on Thursday after 10 of its 16 players Proteas equipment for the first test against Sri Lanka were exposed to Covid-19 during first-class matches this week. With South Africa officially entering a second wave of coronavirus, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that …

[ad_1] Newborn baby. (Photo: Getty / Gallo Images) The Mpumalanga health department suspended two nurses after the body of a stillborn baby disappeared. Since then, the body has been found in the Witbank morgue. The family has requested that a DNA test be performed to confirm the identity of the …

[ad_1] By Theolin Tembo 9h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Cape Town – While the Western Cape is experiencing an increase in Covid-19 cases, some have questioned whether this means that the Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC) will be used as a field hospital. During this week’s digital press …

[ad_1] The solidarity fund was intended to make a deposit of R327 million to ensure enough vaccines to supply 10% of the country’s population. CAPE TOWN – The Health Department’s Chief Compliance Officer confirmed Thursday that South Africa missed the deadline to pay the deposit needed to secure COVAX vaccine …

[ad_1] The launch of the Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is well underway in the UK, US and Canada. In South Africa, Johnson & Johnson is the first to apply for Covid-19 vaccine registration in the country, while at least four coronavirus vaccine candidates are being evaluated. While developing countries …

[ad_1] “We now have more than 50 people a day who have died in the last five days.” FILE: Medical swabs to detect coronavirus. Image: EWN. CAPE TOWN – The Western Cape is once again the province with the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. ALSO READ: Government …

[ad_1] News The availability of 10 team members for the Boxing Day test against Sri Lanka is in doubt South Africa is facing a potential selection headache, with 10 members of its 16-man squad to play in Sri Lanka involved in first-class domestic matches in which positive cases of Covid-19 …