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FILE: A Doctors Without Border (MSF) nurse (C) performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test during a Ministry of Health screening and testing drive in the Wolhuter men's hostel in Jeppestown district of Johannesburg, on 14 May 2020. Picture: AFP

Alex van den heever

Wits professor urges SA to urgently test-and-trace to curb spread of new variant

By Eyewitness News

Little is known about the variant, but scientists are theorising that it could be more transmissible than previous variants and vaccines could be less effective...

  • Gauteng Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo and representatives from the taxi bodies were on the Moloto Road in Pretoria checking if commuters were complying with COVID restrictions. Picture: @JacobMamaboloSA/Twitter.

    What can we do to slow down the arrival of the COVID-19 third wave?

    Professor Alex van den Heever, health and social security systems specialist, warned that the approaching Easter period could cause a spike in cases.

    433 days ago
  • A medical worker addresses some of the first South African Oxford vaccine trialists waiting ahead of the clinical trial for a potential vaccine against COVID-19 at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto on 24 June 2020. Picture: AFP

    There's debate on whether SA can vaccinate 67% of citizens by end of 2021

    Scientist Professor Alex van den Heever said that was an overly ambitious target to meet.

    504 days ago
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