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[ad_1] SA, the country most affected in Africa by Covid-19, did not meet the December 15 deadline to make a deposit to ensure vaccines to combat the pathogen and has not provided a guarantee to make full payment. Payment to the Covax program will be made in the coming days, …

[ad_1] EU countries will start inoculating people against COVID from December 27, said the head of the EU commission, assuming the EU regulator approves a vaccine. In South Africa, more than 10,000 cases were reported daily as infections increased, the health minister said. The worst affected region is the Western …

[ad_1] Professor Salim Abdool Karim. Gallo Images / Getty Images President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Professor Salim Abdool Karim for being the joint winner of the 2020 John Maddox Prize. Karim received the award with Dr. Anthony Fauci from the USA for championing science during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ramaphosa said …

[ad_1] More than 150 COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines are in development worldwide (Photo illustration by STR / NurPhoto via Getty Images) South Africa, the country most affected in Africa by the coronavirus, did not meet the December 15 deadline to make a deposit to secure vaccines to combat the pathogen, and …

[ad_1] The Western Cape has recorded the highest daily infection rate, surpassing 3,000, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, which is not far behind the 3,000 mark. FILE: Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize during a walk at Dora Ngiza Hospital in Port Elizabeth on July 23, 2020. Image: @ DrZweliMkhize / Twitter JOHANNESBURG …

[ad_1] Health Minister Dr Zeli Mkhize says that South Africa is seeing exponential growth in daily Covid-19 cases, and that the government will consider further restrictions “as necessary” to address this increase. On Wednesday (December 16), the country reported more than 10,000 daily cases of Covid-19 for the first time …

[ad_1] France said it would receive about 1.16 million doses of vaccines by the end of the year, with another 2.3 million in the next two months. Image: 123rf. BERLIN, Germany – European nations pledged on Wednesday to launch their coronavirus vaccination campaigns before the end of the year, while …

[ad_1] Two nurses at Witbank Hospital in Mpumalanga were suspended after the disappearance of a stillborn child at the facility last week. The provincial health department said the nurses had not explained what had happened to the baby’s body. Department spokesman Dumisani Malamule said the boy’s mother already knew she …

[ad_1] The minister has sounded the alarm over what he describes as “the reckless behavior of some bathers on Cape Town’s beaches.” Camps Bay Beach on December 16, 2020. Image: @ LirandzuThemba / Twitter. CAPE TOWN – Police Minister Bheki Cele has sounded the alarm over what he describes as …

[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. 1008 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 …