Coronavirus
'Up to 80 percent' in Sicily refuse AstraZeneca vaccine: president
Public confidence in the Anglo-Swedish jab has been badly shaken by reports linking it to rare, but potentially fatal, blood clots, and by conflicting...
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China mulls mixing vaccines to improve efficacy of jabs
China has four conditionally approved vaccines, whose published efficacy rates remain behind rival jabs by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, which have 95% and 94% rates respectively.
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She bridged the gap of access to health services – Tributes for Dr Sindi van Zyl
The medical doctor and media personality became a household name through sharing her support and health advice on social media, quickly gaining a large following.
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SA records 30 more fatalities & 1,285 new COVID-19 cases
Gauteng has reported the most deaths, recording 11 fatalities in the latest cycle. It is followed by Mpumalanga with eight, and KZN and Free State with five deaths respectively. One death was recorded in the Eastern Cape.
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‘A beacon of light who gave endlessly’ - Dr Sindi van Zyl remembered
The Van Zyl family confirmed the much-loved doctor passed away on Saturday morning at a Johannesburg hospital. She was 45 years old.
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SA records 1,267 new coronavirus cases
At the same time, our recovery rate is at a steady 95%, which means more than 1.481 million people have recovered.
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Virus lockdowns around the world as vaccine efforts stumble
As in India, Europe's stuttering vaccine roll-out faced multiple hurdles Friday as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of the Johnson & Johnson shot and France further limited its use of the AstraZeneca jab.
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WHO slams 'shocking' vaccine imbalance between rich and poor
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - a fierce critic of wealthy countries buying up vaccine supply for themselves - blasted the scarcity of doses available for poorer nations.
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EU agency reviewing blood clots with Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said its safety committee 'has started a review of a safety signal to assess reports of thromboembolic events' with people who had received the shot.
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Tokyo tightens virus measures nearly 100 days before Olympics
The new restrictions are far less severe than the blanket lockdowns seen in other countries and mainly call for restaurants and bars to close at 8 pm, with the threat of fines for those that do not.
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No data yet on changing COVID vaccines between doses: WHO
The World Health Organization has called for studies on so-called mixing and matching between vaccines, but said there was no comprehensive data so far on which it could make any recommendations.
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Gauteng Health Dept encouraged by public buy-in to get COVID-19 vaccination
Government said that it would release more details in due course on the changes to its rollout plan and which group could get ready to line up for their inoculations in the next few phases.
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DA accuses Gordhan of flouting PFMA over SAA vaccine charter flight
The Citizen newspaper is reporting that the chartering of the S340-600 at an estimated cost of R5 million was unnecessary because the vaccine maker, Johnson & Johnson, provided the vaccines on a 'not-for-profit' basis.
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Cosatu ‘damn worried’ by govt's poor implementation of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Cosatu has described government’s efforts so far in the rollout of the vaccine programme as gross incompetence, which came with deadly consequences.
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Mbalula urges SA airlines to begin using Iata mobile travel pass
The pass is a mobile application for travellers to help manage their verified certifications for COVID-19 tests and vaccines.
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Mkhize confirms SA to receive over 1m J&J vaccine doses before end of April
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that more vaccines would be delivered as the country got ready for the second phase of the immunisation campaign next month.
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SA records 1,366 new COVID-19 infections, 62 more people die
Sixty-two more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus, with the death toll now standing at 53,173.
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Brazil Supreme Court backs COVID bans on religious gatherings
In a nine-to-two vote, Federal Supreme Court (STF) judges settled an issue that has triggered widespread legal and political debate as Brazil faces its worst phase of the pandemic yet.
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'Monumental moment': Melomed Hospital in Mitchells Plain has no COVID patients
The facility discharged its last COVID-19 patients two days ago, but a child tested positive there earlier on Thursday
