The Afrobarometer study surveyed 1,600 adults between May and June this year on the impact of the pandemic and gauged how residents responded to measures implemented to manage the pandemic.
The test kits, used to detect whether a person has had exposure to the coronavirus before, is valued at around R25 million.
Through the World Health Organization's Covax mechanism, the first tranche of 5.6 million vaccines is set to arrive in South Africa in the next few days.
The University of KwaZulu-Natal's Professor Colleen Aldous said that despite some scientists saying that there was lack of evidence on the drug's efficacy to treat the disease, it did hold clinical benefits.
Geneticist and clinical researcher at UKZN professor Colleen Aldous said the anti-parasitic drug was not a miracle cure, but research she's studied shows Ivermectin is having a positive impact on COVID-19 treatment.
Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Waste, Xanthea Limberg, said that as water supply increased over recent weeks residents might be questioning whether water tariffs could be lowered.
Medical virology lecturer at the University of Cape Town, Dr Marvin Hsiao, said that besides the level of protection the COVID-19 vaccines gave recipients, they also held benefits for people sharing the same space as the inoculated individual.
Aspen Pharmacare said the first batch to be used in South Africa will be released from its Gqeberha production facility on Monday.
South Africans desperate for something to keep the coronavirus at bay are turning to animal parasite medicine, Ivermectin.
Minister Blade Nzimande's remarks followed an announcement that biopharmaceutical company, Biovac has clinched a deal with Pfizer/BioNTech to locally complete the production of its 2-dose COVID-19 vaccine.
Members of Parliament have been on an oversight visit to affected areas in Gauteng this week, to see for themselves the fallout from days of rioting and looting.
The biopharmaceutical company has clinched a deal with Pfizer to complete the production of its vaccine at its Cape Town plant.
Amnesty International's Shenilla Mohamed said that government's management of the violence that ravaged KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng this month was shocking.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)'s Professor Adrian Puren said that a clearer picture on the pandemic's move in KwaZulu-Natal was expected in the coming days.
The regulatory body briefed Parliament's health committee about vaccine side effects as well as the use of ivermectin to combat COVID-19.
A dispute between two rival taxi associations over the past two weeks has left several people dead.
Admissions for the UCT online high school opened on Wednesday, with classes scheduled to start in January 2022.
Mayco member for Safety and Security JP Smith said most taxi ranks in the city were quiet and calm on Wednesday.
