[ad_1] Kate Bingham, Chair of the Government Vaccine Task Force, after starting her Novavax trial at the Royal Free Hospital, north London, on October 13, 2020. Kirsty O’Connor / PA Images via Getty Images Novavax said Thursday that its vaccine was 89% effective in preventing cases of Covid-19, based on …
Read More »[ad_1] Public schools in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo are said to have the highest number of teachers and staff members affected by Covid-19-related illnesses. This was suggested by a national survey of school readiness conducted by five recognized teacher unions: the Professional Education Union (PEU), the SA National Professional Teachers Organization …
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[ad_1] Aiden Markram. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP) Yasir Shah, Pakistan’s leg thrower, started the collapse that saw South Africa lose three fast wickets. He fired Rassie van der Dussen and Faf du Plessis in quick succession. Shah praised Markram, who scored his first half century in Asia. Yasir …
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[ad_1] As of Thursday, January 28, 2021, the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases detected is 1,437,798 with 7,150 new cases identified, confirmed Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. There were 555 more deaths related to Covid-19, 150 from the Eastern Cape, 10 from the Free State, 70 from Gauteng, 249 from Kwa-Zulu …
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[ad_1] Variant B.1.351 has been identified in more than 30 countries. This undated brochure image, courtesy of the British Health Protection Agency, shows the coronavirus seen under an electron microscope. Image: AFP. WASHINGTON – A more communicable variant of the coronavirus first identified in South Africa was first detected on …
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[ad_1] Palour funeral staff preparing a grave for a Covid-19 death. The excess deaths were registered between May 3, 2020 and January 23, 2021. The SAMRC said the increase in excess deaths between December 2020 and January 2021 was relentless. There has been an apparent decrease in deaths in the …
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[ad_1] Members of the national command council update the media. The Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that the National Coronavirus Command Council is legal and constitutional. By dismissing another court offer to declare the NCCC and the closure regulations unconstitutional, the SCA found the committee’s decisions valid. Since the …
Read More »[ad_1] Jazz veteran Sibongile Khumalo died at the age of 63, reliable sources confirmed Thursday night. The details surrounding Sibongile’s death were still unknown last night. A close friend told SowetanLIVE’s sister publication TshisaLIVE that he was still trying to make sense of the news and was devastated. He asked …
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[ad_1] By Rapula Moatshe 1 hour ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareE-mailShare Pretoria – Tshwane Executive Mayor Randall Williams has received criticism from councilors, who accused him of wanting to quench his thirst by calling for the removal of the ban on subway alcohol sales amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The mayor …
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[ad_1] Eskom has announced that the price of electricity in South Africa will increase from April 1, 2021. This is the result of three decisions made by the South African National Energy Regulator (Nersa), which, according to Eskom, will bring electricity prices more in line with the cost of energy …
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