Coronavirus
Zim govt to launch COVID vaccination campaign in Beitbridge town
The government is targeting 26,000 people in Beitbridge, and 25,000 in Plumtree on the border with Botswana.
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Find your closest COVID-19 site in the Western Cape
The Western Cape said it was gearing up for its biggest mass vaccination campaign with plans to inoculate between 30,000 and 40,000 people per day.
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Spain extends ban on Brazil, South Africa arrivals
Only legal residents or nationals of Spain and the neighbouring micro-state of Andorra are currently allowed in on flights from these countries.
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Your closest COVID-19 vaccination site in Gauteng
Here's the list of hospitals you can go to get your COVID-19 vaccine in Gauteng.
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Your nearest COVID-19 vaccination center in KZN
The next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations is said to commence from mid-May to the end of October. Here's where they will be done in KwaZulu-Natal.
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COVID-19 vaccine-makers largely protected on side effects
Pharmaceutical companies making COVID-19 vaccines are largely protected legally in the event of harmful side effects, like blood clots that have been linked to jabs from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
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More than 343k elderly S.Africans registered for COVID-19 vaccine rollout so far
The electronic vaccination data system went live on Friday and has already seen thousands of elderly South Africans register to get a booking for a jab when the second phase of the rollout program starts.
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Plans to inoculate 16m South Africans in phase 2 on track - Mkhize
The Health Department is on a mission to vaccinate as many people before a possible third wave.
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Here's how SMMEs can stay afloat during COVID pandemic
In a webinar hosted by the University of Johannesburg’s Business School, McKinsey and Company’s Agesan Rajagopaul and Shakeel Kalidas presented possible solutions for SMMEs to implement to stay afloat.
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Mkhize satisfied with WC’s preparedness for vaccine rollout
He joined the province's Premier Alan Winde and Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo on Monday for a site inspection at one of the vaccine sites in the province.
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DR Congo launches AstraZeneca vaccine drive
Distrust of the vaccine is commonplace in the DR Congo, where conspiracy theories are widely shared on social media.
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Coca-Cola hopeful COVID-19 vaccines will reverse profit slide
The soda giant, which relies on sporting events, concerts and other public venues for a significant fraction of its sales, described performance as a mixed bag, depending on the region.
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Global COVID death toll passes three million
It is the latest grim milestone since the novel coronavirus first surfaced in central China in December 2019 and went on to infect more than 139 million people.
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Week-long lockdown in New Delhi as virus cases soar
The nation of 1.3 billion people reported a record-high of 273,810 infections on Monday - the fifth consecutive day of more than 200,000 cases - to take the total to just over 15 million.
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Oscars producers lift the lid on nearly 'impossible' ceremony
The 93rd Academy Awards will mark the first time Tinseltown's finest have assembled in over a year, for a three-hour show that co-producer Steven Soderbergh said is "not going to be like anything that's been done before".
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Sahpra recommends heightened safety regulations for continuation of J&J trial
The study was temporarily halted last week after a US regulator pressed pause on the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in that country.
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Malawi president fires minister over COVID-19 funds
In a televised address to the nation, Chakwera said the minister was named in an audit report as having listed the funds in his allowances for the travel to South Africa.
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1,089 new COVID-19 infections, 25 more deaths recorded in SA
Twenty-five more people have died in South Africa after contracting COVID-19, pushing the national death toll to 53,736.
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Sisonke vaccine trial providing lessons on training, scale, say project leaders
It’s been a rocky road for the country in terms of the vaccine with a decision last week to press pause on the Johnson &Johnson vaccine following some extremely rare cases of clotting in a handful of US recipients.
