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Vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine are displayed for a photograph at a Culver City Fire Department vaccination clinic on 5 August 2021, in California. Picture: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

Coronavirus in south africa

Sahpra: All reports of severe side-effects of COVID jabs thoroughly assessed

By Kevin Brandt

The regulator on Thursday announced that a patient had died after developing Guillain-Barré Syndrome post vaccination with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

  • Vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine are displayed for a photograph at a Culver City Fire Department vaccination clinic on 5 August 2021, in California. Picture: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

    Sahpra confirms fatality linked to COVID-19 vaccination

    The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) said that the person died following immunisation with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

    a week ago
  • FILE: South African Communist Party's Solly Mapaila. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    SACP's Mapaila urges unions to encourage workers to vaccinate against COVID-19

    Mapaila said that a lower COVID-19 infection rate did not necessarily mean South Africans must rest on their laurels as the virus could still be around for a long time.

    21 days ago
  • Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands President Cyril Ramaphosa the final part of his report into state capture on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Picture: GCIS

    CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: State capture report, end of COVID restrictions will change SA

    The lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the release of the final state capture report in the same week are two significant developments that will change South Africa in different ways, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

    45 days ago
  • FILE: Festival goers enjoy a performance at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda. Picture: @artsfestival/Twitter

    Excitement mounting as National Arts Festival returns live

    Lockdown regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic meant that the event would take place virtually.

    48 days ago
  • Health Minister Joe Phaahla. Picture: @GCISMedia/Twitter

    Govt's move to scrap mask-wearing, gathering restrictions widely welcomed

    Health Minister Joe Phaahla on Thursday made a formal announcement on government's move to repeal the country's last remaining coronavirus mitigating regulations.

    48 days ago
  • Health Minister Joe Phaahla. Picture: @GCISMedia/Twitter

    Govt's handling of COVID-19 information has been problematic - Malan

    Speaking to Mia Malan, Lester Kiewit took government's poor communication around the repeal of COVID-19 restrictions to task.

    49 days ago
  • FILE: Two patients with COVID-19, one (L) breathing in oxygen, in the COVID-19 ward at Khayelitsha Hospital, about 35km from the centre of Cape Town, on 29 December 2020. Picture: RODGER BOSCH/AFP

    Vulnerable people urged to be cautious after more COVID restrictions scrapped

    Professor Wolfgang Preiser stressed that those living with underlying health conditions must still apply caution in the face of the virus still being in circulation.

    49 days ago
  • The Cape Town Civic Centre. Picture: 123rf.com

    City of Cape Town to drop remaining COVID restrictions at all its facilities

    This comes on the back of Health Minister Joe Phaahla repealing all South Africa's remaining coronavirus pandemic safety measures, including the compulsory wearing of face masks.

    49 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS

    Govt expected to make announcement on easing of COVID regulations soon

    An apparent leaked Health Department memo suggests that we could soon see some rules being dropped, including the wearing of masks at indoor public gatherings and the cap on public gatherings.

    51 days ago
  • FILE: Vials of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on 6 April 2022 in San Rafael, California. Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP

    SA medical scientists to evaluate efficacy of Moderna COVID jab as booster shot

    The Sisonke study team is launching the Sherpa Study that will assess the Moderna booster in protecting against COVID-19 infections and severe COVID-19 disease among healthcare workers.

    71 days ago
  • FILE: A woman receives a dose of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from a healthcare worker at the Zwartkops Raceway in Centurion on 13 August 2021. Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    SA nearing the halfway mark for adult COVID-19 vaccinations - Kekana

    Deputy Minister in the Presidency Pinky Kekana said that this was despite ample evidence of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and safety.

    76 days ago
  • FILE: A health worker conducts a COVID-19 coronavirus molecular test in Parkview, Johannesburg, on 22 October 2020. Picture: LUCA SOLA/AFP

    SA has passed peak of current COVID-19 resurgence - medical scientists

    Experts said that the highest number of coronavirus cases had been detected in the age group over 80-years-old, followed by those in the 40 to 59-year-old cohort.

    77 days ago
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    SA sees spike in COVID infections with 9,253 new cases recorded

    This increase represents a 26.6% positivity rate.

    97 days ago
  • Pupils at the eThekwini Primary School in KwaMashu, north of Durban on the first day of full-time schooling on 7 February 2022. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News

    'We want them to be free': Health Dept drops mask requirement for schoolchildren

    Government has announced a three-month extension to the health regulations meant to curb the spread of COVID-19 and the public consultation period.

    98 days ago
  • People wait for their vaccine jabs at the Rabasotho Community Centre vaccination site in Tembisa on 29 July 2021. Picture: @GautengProvince/Twitter

    Mask-wearing indoors stays in place as Health Dept extends COVID-19 regulations

    Moments before the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa lapsed at mignight, the department announced it had gazetted the limited regulations with effect from Thursday.

    98 days ago
  • FILE: A nurse from Lancet Nectare hospital performs a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Richmond, Johannesburg, on 18 December 2020. Picture: AFP.

    SA records 3,785 new COVID cases, 7 more fatalities

    There are now more than 40,000 active coronavirus cases in the country.

    99 days ago
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    SA records 3,838 COVID-19 infections in past 24 hours

    This is a representation of 22% positivity rate of infections in the latest period under review here at home.

    101 days ago
  • Phaahla: There has been a sharp uptick in COVID-19 infections

    Health Minister Joe Phaahla said that there has been a sharp uptick in COVID-19 infections in South Africa. Phaahla said three provinces were particularly affected, with Gauteng accounting for 53% of the positive cases, KwaZulu-Natal 23% and the Western Cape 11%. The minister was giving an update on the latest trends on 29 April 2022.

    104 days ago
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